The number of high school students in need of Japanese language instruction has doubled in the past 10 years. At the same ...

The government will promote bookstores making widespread use of IC tags and bringing in related digital equipment to allow ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] Japan Post Co. has been forced to cease use of many of its vehicles due to widespread legal violations that disregarded safety in its postal service, which ...

There are many issues to be addressed in terms of legal regulations, such as who will determine the veracity of the vast amount of information on social media. However, a situation must be avoided in ...

Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative t... Japan's Maglev Shinkansen's Partially Completed Station Unveiled;... Glass Stresses Need for U.S.-Japan Alliance to Invest, ...

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning was sailing on Saturday in waters about 300 kilometers southwest of Minamitori Island, including within Japan’s exclusive economic zone around the island, the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held telephone talks with new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for about 25 minutes on ...

Strolling through the Kokubun residential area of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture, east of the Edogawa River, a distinctive ...

Former yokozuna sumo grand champion Hakuho said Monday that he wants to be involved in sumo from outside the Japan Sumo ...

President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took ...

Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, interacted with students during a visit ...

ATAMI, Shizuoka — Princess Akiko has stressed the importance of cultivating fertile soil for traditional Japanese culture to ...