For over two decades, June Yamagishi and John "Papa" Gros have been bringing New Orleans and Japan closer together through music. Funk on Da Table, their latest band, will bring hard-hitting grooves back to Japan ...

A district court ruled Wednesday in favor of two subway drivers who sought compensation from the Osaka Municipal Government, claiming they received poor performance reviews for refusing to comply with internal regulations banning beards. The ...

On the morning of Jan. 14, 20-year-old women decked out in brightly colored kimono scrambled to catch trains to take them to ceremonies across the country to mark Coming of Age Day. The day's related ...

The city of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture, known for being the largest producer of shogi pieces in Japan, is sounding the alarm over the waning popularity of the board game in the nation's "city ...

On the heels of a year marked by natural disasters — and with thousands of foreign workers expected to enter the country over the next few years — the Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted a ...