Ghosn is suspected of having written emails instructing Greg Kelly, his confidant and the firm’s representative director, to falsify financial documents relating to his pay package.

The number of applications for volunteer jobs during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has already topped the organizing committee's target of 80,000 one month ahead of the deadline. The organizing committee said Wednesday that the number of applications stood at 81,035 as of 9 ...

In the course of preparing to bills on the age limit, the government will also consider promoting different working styles such as working shorter hours.

The move is among steps the government plans to take to ensure that raising the consumption tax will not put the brakes on economic activity.

The percentage of university students with dating experience stands at around 70 percent, the lowest level since surveys by a sex education body began more than 40 years ago. In the nationwide survey conducted in 2017 by the Japanese Association for Sex Education, 71.8 percent ...

A flock of great crested grebes floats on the sea, gently bobbing up and down under the warm November sun. Every so often a bird dives below the surface, searching for a tasty morsel from among the 260 species of fish, crabs and shellfish that ...

An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday, as the U.N. special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks. Western countries ...

Activists on Wednesday called for the creation of a permanent resident visa for blue-collar foreign workers and equal pay as their Japanese co-workers as the country aims to bring in more laborers from overseas. In a statement released at a gathering held at the Diet, ...

In the tweet, the bureau wrote: “Freedom of expression is important but this is public property. Isn’t it a bit much?”

U.S. prosecutors have been investigating Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. since late last year on suspicion of breaking regulations that prohibit money laundering in relation to North Korea, the New York Times reported Wednesday. A subpoena was issued for MUFG after the state of ...

Faced with the only possible withdrawal plan, all the party factions, like angry children, continue to demand the impossible.

To rein in the Saudi regime, the West must not only stop selling it arms, but also stop filling its coffers.

Sifting this year's other detritus, let us also be thankful for the following amusements.

Yellow Magic Orchestra made its 1980 debut on the legendary American dance show “Soul Train” performing a cover of “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells, two years after the November 1978 release of the trio’s eponymous first album Dressed in logoed button-downs with ...

Fresh from a 29-date tour of the British Isles, and celebrating their 50th anniversary year, Philadelphia soul icons The Stylistics are setting up camp in Japan for a 12-date tour of three cities: Yokohama (Dec. 9), Tokyo (Dec. 10 and between Dec. 18 and ...

Yuzuru Hanyu will decide whether he will compete again this year based on the results of medical tests he is undergoing in Japan, his coach Brian Orser said Wednesday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist twisted his right ankle in a practice fall Saturday at the ...

Takakeisho maintained his one-win lead after beating rank-and-filer Tamawashi on Thursday, the 12th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. The 22-year-old komusubi, whose only loss came against sekiwake Mitakeumi on Day 7, beat the No. 2 maegashira comfortably and appeared primed to win his ...

Masashi Hosoya doesn't pour in 25-30 points every game. He is, however, a solid scoring option for the Yokohama B-Corsairs. Exhibit A: Sunday's game against the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka, when Hosoya maximized his time on the court. He played with purpose from start to finish, ...

Ascendant star Rui Hachimura scored 20 points and made key late plays to lead third-ranked Gonzaga University to a win over college basketball heavyweight Duke in the Maui Invitational title game on Wednesday. The 20-year-old junior shot 7-for-14 from the floor and 5-for-9 from the ...

A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become ...