Shinji Ishimaru, the surprise runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, announced on Nov. 12 that he plans to keep the ...

Seven & i Holdings Co. is mulling a management buyout (MBO) to counter a takeover bid, The Asahi Shimbun learned on Nov. 13.

Newly appointed Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki was noncommittal in addressing calls to allow married couples to choose their ...

The first melted fuel sample recovered from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant arrived at a research facility ...

Nuclear regulators on Nov. 13 officially rejected Japan Atomic Power Co.’s request to restart a reactor based on the “undeniable” possibility of an active fault running beneath it.

The number of people 65 and older who live alone continues to increase. This demographic is expected to make up more than 20 ...

OTSU—The centuries-old Otsu Festival, featuring parades of lavishly decorated floats adorned with mechanical puppets, will ...

To meet the growing demand for translators in health care, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) will launch a medical ...

An uproar of opposition emerged within a ruling Liberal Democratic Party meeting over the mere suggestion of banning ...

For example, in places of work with staff shortages, women are not free to take maternity or child care leave as they wish.

The Diet on Nov. 11 elected Shigeru Ishiba, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as the 103rd prime minister of Japan ...

Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel ...