Last year, authorities in India exposed a major support scam group targeting Japan, but this is apparently just the tip of ...

The roots of the Maternal Health Act lie in the National Eugenical Act of 1940. Based on the wartime national policy of "give ...

Before the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, a series of signals hinted at what was coming -- magnitude-7-class ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved its next basic tourism plan including steps to bring the number of areas with ...

As cherry blossoms begin to bloom across Japan, concerns are rising after a tree fell over and injured a visitor at Kinuta ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will double the minimum residency requirement for naturalization to 10 years starting ...

The iconic red telephone box displayed at the British pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka last year is being showcased ...

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea's capital on Thursday ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama warned Friday that authorities will respond "firmly" and take ...

Kyoto should consider relaxing its existing 31-meter height limit on buildings near Kyoto Station to up to 60 meters to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is extending his pause on threatened attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure by ...

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Hokkaido hunter who lost his gun permit after shooting a brown bear at a local ...