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A city assembly member in central Japan was ordered on Thursday to pay damages to award-winning author Li Kotomi for ...

One would never imagine that an expired driver's license could be improperly diverted by the police in Japan. Such misuse ...

In interparty talks on reforming Japan's House of Representatives electoral system, the ruling coalition of the Liberal ...

Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. said Thursday its net profit for the April-September period fell 11.8 percent from a year ...

A man died at a construction site Thursday in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, while rescue efforts are underway for ...

A team of researchers from Japanese and U.S. universities has identified a gene in yellow fever mosquitos key to the ...

North Korea fired Thursday what may be a ballistic missile, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. The Japan Coast Guard urged ...

A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police ...

Germany and Japan have agreed to hold defense minister-level talks soon to discuss the European country's possible ...

Police believe he was running a so-called "Japan migration business" for wealthy Chinese clients and arranged for 30 to 40 ...

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced internationally renowned pianist Kyohei Sorita to 3 months in prison, suspended for 2 ...