Japan is facing a shortage of Japanese language teachers for foreign workers ahead of the introduction next April of a new system for accepting foreign workers, according to a recent government survey ...

Public prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture indicted U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, on robbery and murder charges on Sunday after a 39-year-old woman was found dead in the southwestern ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the opening ceremony of the 41st National Cultural Festival and the 26th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities in Kochi ...

U.S. Democratic Rep. Ami Bera, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, condemned Russia's recent detention of a Japanese journalist as unacceptable, during an interview with Jiji Press in ...

The number of replies mentioning foreign citizens or immigrants to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's posts on X, formerly Twitter, has surged since she took office a year ago, especially since ...

Opposition party officials demanded Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi clearly explain her government's consumption tax cut legislation in the Diet herself. During a televised debate, ...

GMO Internet Inc. has made an urgent request for the Japanese government to implement "active cyber defense" operations following an unauthorized access incident, it was learned Saturday. GMO Internet ...

Japan's four major beer companies, suspected of price collusion, kept shipping prices unchanged after the 2023 tax cut of 19 yen per liter of beer, citing higher costs, it was learned on Saturday.

Shiga Bank and Senshu Ikeda Holdings Inc., which owns Senshu Ikeda Bank, are considering a management integration under a new holding company, aiming to expand their customer bases and strengthen ...

Large Typhoon Champi was traveling over waters north of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday morning and was forecast to move north over the East China Sea through Sunday, according ...

Park24 Co. has announced plans to provide a consolation payment of 3,000 yen in cash or gift cards to Times Car vehicle-sharing service users affected by a recent data breach. The company has ...

Sagawa Express Co. has announced that up to about 53.23 million sets of personal information may have been compromised due to unauthorized access. The unauthorized access occurred on its delivery ...