The Tokyo District Court rejects a damages suit filed against the state by five people who claim a Civil Code article that forces married couples to choose a single surname contravenes the Constitution.

The All Japan Judo Federation is probing allegations that a top female judoka was the target of an inappropriate sexual advance in December 2011 by a director of the body. Former Olympic silver medalist judoka Noriko Mizoguchi said Thursday that the female judoka, whose ...

Incentives are needed to reverse the decline in Japanese enrollment at U.S. universities as Japanese companies compete harder and earlier to recruit new graduates, experts said at a symposium. “They need clear incentives and encouragement from the government, academia, the media and private enterprise. ...

The U.S. State Department called Thursday for Japan to take action on child abductions but rejected lawmakers’ calls to pose the threat of sanctions to force action on one of the allies’ few open disputes. Hundreds of non-Japanese parents, mostly men from the United ...

Prime Minister Abe's proposal to expand child care leave to three years is upsetting some firms because it runs against current programs designed to support working parents.

A government-affiliated body in charge of scholarship loan programs plans to halve the current 10 percent interest rate for late repayment to assist low-income earners amid the economic downturn, sources said Saturday. With calls growing to lessen the burden on students facing financial hardships, ...