TOKYO -- How much are parents spending on their kids' presents in Japan this Christmas? The strained circumstances for a generation of parents facing historic price rises are clear in the results ...

(Mainichi/Yumi Shibamura) OSAKA -- A membership guidebook for an elementary school's PTA in west Japan has sparked criticism for its "intimidating" passages, such as ones implying that children ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...

Around 2,500 people took part in the charity event that uses proceeds from participation fees to send Christmas presents to children battling illness in Japan and medical care to the Maasai ...