A company in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, has not paid wages to around 150 Vietnamese technical trainees for at least one month, ...

A clear gap between major izakaya chains and small businesses is emerging as Japanese-style pubs are seeing more bankruptcies ...

A Japanese research team has announced the discovery of a substance in Holy Basil that inhibits the proliferation of the ...

When the son of a captured Dutch soldier, who had been detained in a Japanese labor camp during World War II, learned about ...

Confusion is mounting as train passengers of lines operating in this central Japan city can now use contactless credit and ...

After a shocking video of a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose went viral in 2015, a move to ban plastic straws ...

Reigning world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto clinched her fourth consecutive and fifth national title overall Sunday ...

Fifth-favorite Regaleira became the first three-year-old mare to win the Arima Kinen in 64 years on Sunday, pipping ...

Japan's competition watchdog plans to order U.S. IT giant Google to halt violations of the country's antitrust law, sources ...

One of Asia's premier film events, the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), concluded in November after ...

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka's Ran Takahashi, left, spikes the ball against Osaka Bluteon during the second set of the men's final ...

Kubota Spears flyhalf Bernard Foley overcame a nightmare afternoon from the kicking tee Sunday as he nailed a drop goal after ...