Workers in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, are busy drying shark fins, a high-priced delicacy. The city in Miyagi Prefecture, ...

A man from Indonesia is set to become the first foreign bus driver under Japan's specified skilled worker status of residence ...

Toyota Motor has posted its first decline in group operating profit for the April-to-December period in two years. The ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan is introducing location-based pricing at select stores to manage rising material and labor costs.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says that its director general will visit Japan this month to inspect the Fukushima ...

East Japan Railway is setting up a training program for foreign workers to help alleviate a labor shortage in the industry.

People along the Sea of Japan coastline and those living inland toward the mountains are bracing for the possibility of ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force says an artillery shell that may have landed outside a training area in western Japan was ...

The value of Japan's farm produce and food exports hit a new high in 2024, extending the record-breaking run to 12 straight ...

Weather officials in Japan have made an emergency announcement warning people to brace for the coldest spell so far this ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru turned 68 on Tuesday and received a birthday surprise from the official mascot character of ...

In the 24 hours through Sunday evening, up to 10 centimeters of snow is expected in the Koshin region, 7 centimeters in the ...