Despite administrative efforts to cut overtime, a recent survey finds that unreduced workloads mean most schoolteachers in ...

The director Miyazaki Hayao and other leading anime creators have a surprising number of connections to Nagano in central ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--More than 90 pct of bicycle users said they had felt unsafe while riding on roads shared with automobiles, a survey by a Tokyo-based bicycle parking lot operator has found ...

The twentieth century brought fresh focuses on a number of different audiences in the manga field. One of these was shōjo ...

The LDP and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted to the special Diet session that ended in July a ...

New York, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)--A U.N. General Assembly committee adopted by majority vote a Japan-led resolution seeking the ...

Shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., power and energy firm Jera Co., Imabari Shipbuilding Co. and four other Japanese ...

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new agriculture minister, Arata Takebe, has said that thorough "scientific discussions" must be held on a plan to lift the ban on imports of fresh potatoes from ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a condolence message on Tuesday to the bereaved family of former Japanese Prime Minister ...

The U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing in Okinawa Prefecture is set to ban automobiles made by Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co.

GMO Internet has said that due to unauthorized access to servers for automated foreign exchange margin trading services, ...

The temple Kōfukuji in Nara is home to a three-faced, six-armed masterpiece created some 13 centuries ago. A look at the ...