Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed ...

Rui Hachimura hit a season-high five triples on his way to 18 points Wednesday as he helped the Los Angeles Lakers secure a ...

Japanese basketball's B-League said Thursday its current first-division teams based in Akita and Osaka have been approved to ...

Argentina's WBA super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez, who is scheduled for a New Year's Eve title rematch with Japan's ...

A 24-year-old Vietnamese technical intern trainee was arrested on the spot in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 25 for ...

In today's society, science wields profound influence over nearly every aspect of life. For that reason, the growing mistrust ...

Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday it will delay the deadline for its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. to March ...

Public prosecutors on Dec. 25 indicted without arrest a former judge and a former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee for alleged ...

According to the operator, Matsuyama-based Iyotetsu Group Co., this is the first regular service in the country for a route ...

A passenger believed to be in his 60s, who walked along the railroad tracks and went missing after a train on the Hokuriku ...

Terumi Tanaka, one of representatives of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. on Dec. 25 unveiled new discount labels for its "onigiri" rice balls ...