The prefectural police here on June 27 arrested two university students for allegedly shoplifting about 330,000 yen (roughly ...

Japan's education ministry plans to restrict living expenses support for doctoral students to Japanese nationals only, a ...

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Kenshi Nakanishi, 26, has Down syndrome. He is helping visitors from other countries in English at Expo 2025 in Osaka.

That's the marketing message of Sanseito, a new right-wing populist party in Japan known for its stance against immigrants ...

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the event of an accident at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

The idea that Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded and ultimately shelved entire albums of music may seem odd to the casual ...

A food bank launched in April by students at Niigata University distributed foodstuffs to struggling fellow students for the ...

Hokkaido University's chemistry department has permitted several associate professors -- who had previously complained of ...

What surprising correlation was identified by Japanese researchers between public libraries and elderly residents' health?

U.S. President Donald Trump could extend his administration's 90-day pause on so-called reciprocal tariffs, set to expire on ...