Women in at least 12 municipalities were given more than the usual three shots of HPV vaccine given to protect against ...

Japan will open its 2025 Davis Cup bid at home against Britain in one of 13 first-round qualifying ties drawn Monday at the ...

It is probably time to rethink Japan's pension system, designed as it was for an era when full-time homemakers were the norm.

LONDON (Kyodo) -- Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe was among the 100 "influential and inspiring women" around the world ...

Simose Art Museum in western Japan said Tuesday it has received this year's Prix Versailles award naming it the world's most ...

Japan will contest an election for a nonpermanent place on the U.N. Security Council in 2043 to work toward global peace and ...

More than 80% of doctors and dentists in east Japan's Gunma Prefecture responded in a recent survey that conventional paper ...

The Ao-no-Domon tunnel in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, said to have been built by a single person over some 30 years, has been ...

At least 100,000 customers' personal information, including from credit cards, is believed to have been stolen from 11 ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated Monday that he will prevent Nippon Steel Corp. from acquiring United States ...

The president of Nomura Securities Co. apologized Tuesday for crimes, including attempted murder, committed by a former ...

Tokyo stocks surged Tuesday, with the Nikkei briefly up over 2 percent, as heavyweight semiconductor issues were lifted by ...