Summer bonuses at major companies fell 4.56 percent to ¥917,906 ($8,300) on average from last summer.

The media is abuzz over a new series of workbooks for children titled うんこ漢字ドリル (Unko Kanji Doriru, "Poop Kanji Drills").

"Shikkari" expresses strength and stability, and shows when something is done firmly.

The Mihara police station of Hiroshima Prefectural Police arrested a third-year junior high school student from Mihara aged 14 on an attempted murder charge on June 6 after the boy allegedly dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in ...

Japanese climate change activists warn that pro-fossil fuel politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders should not view Trump’s decision as an excuse to scale back Japan’s own efforts to meet the goals of the Paris agreement.

If it's anime you crave, streaming sites such as Netflix offer an ever-expanding smorgasbord of morsels to suit every appetite.

How do you say, "No matter X, Y" and "However X, Y" in Japanese?

Former F1 driver Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis 500

Can the Imperial system survive without drastic reforms to its succession system?

The Japanese word for 'thing' has some quite surprising qualities.

People flock to an event to celebrate the world's tallest broadcasting tower.