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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A U.N. Human Rights Council delegation urged the Japanese government on Friday to lead efforts in conducting a transparent investigat

The account on the platform formerly known as Twitter impersonated Japan's top currency diplomat.

Some schools are also adding support staff for routine tasks or hiring private-sector employees to manage extracurricular activities.

But that number might not tell the whole story of why so many were at a loss for words.

One of Japan's biggest summer festivals kicked off in the northeast city of Aomori on Wednesday. The annual event is being held without coronavirus restrictions for the first time in four years.

Suica and Pasmo have become an ubiquitous part of life and travel in Japan, but you can’t get a new card for either.

In Japan, violent crime is rare, but there are occasional stabbings and even shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe last year. Hattori had reportedly told investigators that he wanted to kill people and be given the death penalty

Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

Around the world, the Barbenheimer meme has helped launch two Hollywood films into the stratosphere. In Japan, the meme isn't going over as well.

TOKYO -- Flavorless candy developed to help consumers moisten their mouths while wearing masks has gone viral on social media, where it has been descr

The move comes as the expo faces mounting concerns that construction, especially of pavilions for foreign nations, will not be completed on time for the scheduled opening in April 2025.

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OSAKA -- The case of an elementary school student who was abused with racially charged comments from classmates such as "foreigners are disgusting" was recognized as bullying by a third-party committee in this west Japan city on July 25, while the municipal school's response was also criticized.

Life-threatening high temperatures were forecast across Japan on Thursday, and officials are urging steps to avoid heatstroke.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to open a hotline for male sex victims possibly in September as part of emergency steps unveiled Wednesday, with Japan's top male talent agency hit by sexual abuse claims surfacing against its late founder Johnny Kitagawa.

OTSU -- A former assistant nurse who was acquitted in a retrial after serving more than a decade in prison over the death of a patient was urged by a district court here not to wear an "Innocence Project" T-shirt during her subsequent damages suit, it has been learned.

Exploring the scene at the 2023 edition of BitSummit.

The person to ever sit the longest on death row - 55 years - is still alive in Japan. And attorneys say they can prove his innocence.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associa

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The population of Japanese nationals fell 801,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 122,423,038, marking the largest drop and the first

The case is likely the first time an outing has been recognized as a work-related injury.

A pamphlet aimed at new moms in Japan set off a social media firestorm in Japan when it asked men what they wanted most from their wives.

Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have detained a 39-year-old woman who called them on Monday to say that she had killed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter According to police, the woman called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. Monday and said she had stabbed her two children, Kyodo News reported.…

The Chinese embassy in Japan said on Monday that NATO's plan to expand into the Asia-Pacific violates U.N. rules and hoped Japan, in its interaction with NATO, would refrain from actions that undermine trust among countries in the region.