The Justice Ministry’s probe into the Technical Intern Training Program confirms growing concerns about a link between the trainees’ working conditions and their growing disappearances from companies.

The number of recluses in that age group who have not interacted with people outside their family is higher than in the 15-39 age bracket, the government survey found.

Campaigning began Friday across Japan for prefectural and major metropolitan assembly elections set for April 7, with economic policies, aging, population decline and assistance for the elderly and working mothers the broad issues of concern for voters and candidates. A total of 3,062 candidates were ...

The much-awaited name of Japan’s 248th era will come a month before it dawns on May 1 with Crown Prince Naruhito’s ascent to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names line an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo — silent testimony to Vietnamese people who died after coming to Japan to work or study. "Whenever I am contacted about a death, I can speak only two ...

Britain’s AstraZeneca’s biggest deal in recent memory give it access to the Japanese drugmaker’s promising but difficult to pronounce cancer treatment: trastuzumab deruxtecan.

A whaling vessel left the port of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Friday for the last mission of what the government calls a scientific research program before the country withdraws from the International Whaling Commission and starts commercial whaling from July. The No. 7 Katsu Maru ...

In a bid to salvage broken-down nuclear negotiations with North Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in plan to hold a summit next month in Washington, the White House has announced. The meeting will be the first between the two since ...

In a survey conducted by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., sai, meaning disaster or harm, topped the list of kanji characters representing the Heisei Era. The result apparently reflected Japanese people's clear memories of a host of difficulties during the period, including the March 1995 sarin ...

As Chubu Electric Power Co. and a unit of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. complete the integration of their thermal power businesses Monday under joint venture Jera Co., the growing potential of LNG at home and abroad has received renewed attention. The joint venture ...

Shin Jang-jin's shop in Incheon offers seemingly innocuous household items, from pens and lighters to watches and smoke detectors, but with a secret feature — a hidden 1 millimeter-wide lens that can shoot video. Over the past decade, Shin has sold thousands of gadgets. But ...

Every few meters along a shopping street near towering Tokyo Skytree, signs with the words "PayPay used here" can be seen promoting the availability of an electronic payment option, an option that remains a relatively uncommon offering in cash-obsessed Japan. Despite its reputation as one ...

The government secretly considered the option of allowing women to ascend the Imperial Throne from 1997, before officially starting a debate on the issue under a panel of experts in 2005, internal documents and other sources showed Thursday. While the plan was later dropped, the ...

The Venezuelan government said opposition leader Juan Guaido would be barred from public office for 15 years on Thursday, as it seeks to crack down on the U.S.-backed rival to President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido has called for fresh protests on Saturday against Maduro, following a ...

A broad economic slowdown should come as no surprise.

Whatever credibility U.S. media still had after pimping those imaginary Iraqi WMDs and "experts" repeatedly reporting that Trump had no chance of winning, now lies in tatters.

A day trip from Taipei, the Zhuilu Old Road in Taiwan's Taroko National Park is considered to be one of the country's best hikes, though is only for those with a strong head for heights.

Kenichi Hagiwara, an actor and a vocalist in a pop band in the 1960s, died from gastrointestinal stromal tumors at a hospital in Tokyo, his office said Thursday. He was 68. Hagiwara, more widely known as "Shoken," appeared in a number of movies and other ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Department of Justice will "review" the case of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging a fake hate crime in Chicago before prosecutors abruptly dropped the case this week. Trump wrote in an early-morning Twitter ...

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Ange Postecoglou was left ruing missed chances Friday night after his side dominated play but finished with a scoreless draw against visiting Sagan Tosu. Marinos will certainly feel they let three points slip from their grasp, having hit the woodwork several ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines and their fans were already well aware of Brandon Laird and his sushi-making ways before this season. They just like the "Makuhari Sushi" a lot better than the version that was on the menu before. Laird put a jolt into the Lotte ...

Yuzuru Hanyu will need two to three months of treatment for the long-term ankle injury that will keep him out of April's World Team Trophy, the Japan Skating Federation said Friday. The two-time Olympic champion, who finished runner-up last Saturday at the World Figure Skating ...

Yuta Watanabe's rookie season provided another memorable chapter on Wednesday. In a season of steady production for the NBA G League's Memphis Hustle with some time also spent on the parent club (Memphis Grizzlies), Watanabe has been getting acclimated to the pro game at a ...

The Sunwolves stunned the Waratahs Friday for only their second away victory ever, and first in Australia, as the Crusaders emphatically bounced back from a rare Super Rugby loss to crush the Hurricanes. It was a timely message from the struggling franchise, which a week ...

Ichiro Suzuki was not going to make his exit from pro baseball without a public display of affection from Dee Gordon, who took out a full-page ad on Thursday to thank his teammate. In The Seattle Times ad, the Seattle Mariners second baseman wrote about ...

Manu Ginobili would have been happy to retire quietly without the Spurs retiring his jersey, but San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said the humble Argentine has no choice but to accept it with the same passion he gave to the game. "When you're that great, ...

As one of four women hoping to represent Japan at the World Archery Championships, 16-year-old Waka Sonoda is right on target to make her Olympic dreams a reality. Having started her athletic career by chance after she visited a local archery range with her mother, ...

Sunwolves CEO Yuji Watase put on a brave face last week despite clocking up air miles in the wake of the announcement his team would be not be part of the Super Rugby competition post 2020. The 56-year-old flew to Singapore from Tokyo on March ...

Roger Federer will make Denis Shapovalov's dream come true on Friday after the Swiss booked a Miami Open semifinal against the Canadian star with a ruthless 6-0, 6-4 destruction of Kevin Anderson. Shapovalov, who beat fellow young gun Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2 to ...

Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka got an Opening Day victory in his fourth try Thursday as the New York Yankees started the season with a 7-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The 30-year-old Tanaka became the first Japanese-born pitcher to start four openers in the major leagues, ...