A Chinese man convicted of killing a Chinese woman and injuring two Japanese nationals in a knife attack at a school bus stop near Shanghai last year was executed, Japanese government officials said ...

Zhou Jiasheng was convicted of intentional murder over the incident last June, in which he attacked with a knife a Japanese ...

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction ...

The woman had returned home late at night from a party with a friend, after which she allegedly jumped from the building, ...

The world's fourth-largest economy also faces the twin threats of a steady decline in marriages and a rising proportion of elderly people. Nearly 30 percent of Japanese citizens are now 65 or older.

Now more than ever, renting girlfriends adds up. The industry can be traced to Japan, where a rich history of paid ...

Michelle Zauner on Japanese Breakfast's gorgeous new album ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, lessons learnt from ...

Meeting with real heroes who downplay the heroism that guaranteed today's freedoms is truly something to behold.

I’m not saying Japan isn’t wonderful in many ways. It can be. The cleanliness of public spaces, the politeness of service staff, and the sense of personal safety are all remarkable. When friends back ...

This is the second most common type of divorce in Japan, accounting for about 10% of cases in 2021. Mediation takes place at a family court and is led by two mediators — typically one man and one ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is eyeing a legislative amendment that would gradually increase school teachers' salaries starting in 2026, but one woman whose husband died from overwork while ...