A blockbuster was the cause: "Michael," the big-budget Michael Jackson biopic released Friday, earned $97 million in U.S. and ...

For foreign nationals in Japan, their residency status is their foundation for living in this country. It is unreasonable to ...

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A young Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture became famous because he carried a stuffed toy. Now he is ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Monday it expects to log an operating profit of 50 billion yen ($314 million) for the fiscal year ...

Japan Airlines Co. and GMO Internet Group Inc. said Monday they will launch a demonstration experiment using humanoid robots ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it sold a record 10.48 million cars globally, surpassing its previous high for the first time ...

Despite tuition becoming free beginning this academic year, nearly half of parents of new first-year students at private high ...

A major project to preserve and repair the five-storied pagoda at Rurikoji temple, a national treasure that was built in the ...

A chance discovery of a metal fragment on a mountainside in southwestern Japan led one man to uncover a forgotten wartime ...

Japan's unemployment rate in March rose to 2.7 percent from 2.6 percent in the previous month, government data showed Tuesday ...