Up to 67.6 percent of high school students do not know what “sexual consent” means or have heard the term but cannot explain it, a survey showed April 14.

The once-accessible process of designing a custom home is turning into a luxury option as Japan's carpenters join the growing ...

"Niseko is too expensive" is a sentiment propagated by more than a few news articles and TV programs that zeroed in on ...

In addition to the eye-catching architecture of the pavilions, the Osaka Expo will host “National Days” celebrating each of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that U.S. tariffs have the potential to disrupt the global economic order, ...

Five high courts have ruled as unconstitutional provisions of the Civil Law and Family Register Law that do not allow ...

A woman in her 30s in Kagawa Prefecture checked a website offering videogame walk-throughs at the request of her child.

Rain and long lines failed to dampen the enthusiasm as excited crowds of Japanese and international visitors flocked to the ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

KUMAMOTO—Memorial ceremonies were held throughout this prefecture in southern Japan on April 14 to remember the 278 people ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

Ibaraki Governor Kazuhiko Oigawa brought a powerful recruiting pitch with him last year when he flew to India.