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DJ Soda, who has more than 5 million Instagram followers, took to social media platforms to slam the unidentified individuals involved.

A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

For many decades, Japan had an inhumane forced sterilization law on the books. Much information on the infamous program remains censored.

In this month's Spotlight article, we're looking back at the life of Toshiro Mifune, the man widely regarded as Japan's greatest ever actor.

A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.

Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X.

MAEBASHI -- The city government here will try a flextime system allowing employees to have three days off a week as part of its work-style reforms, it

Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Strong Typhoon No. 7 approached Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency warning of storms, high waves, and heavy rain....

The following is a translation of the Pledge for Peace delivered by atomic bomb survivor representative Takeko Kudo on the 78th anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavir

The PlatinumGames exec addresses recent criticism of the term, which has been accused of being discriminatory…

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.

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.

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

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.