Thanks to his purported gig entertaining elements of Japan’s underworld in 2014, Hiroyuki Miyasako no longer has a contract with influential Yoshimoto Kogyo.

A growing number of complaints regarding an increase in foreign residents is straining relations in Niseko, an area in Hokkaido internationally known for its famous ski resorts. In the town of Kutchan, foreign residents make up over 10 percent of the population during winter. Tensions ...

Reflecting a nationwide trend of an increasing number of foreign residents in Japan, Fukushima Prefecture is also seeing its foreign community expand. According to a census report released earlier this month, there were 14,047 foreign nationals living in Fukushima Prefecture as of the beginning of ...

The Chubu region, with Nagoya at its center, has never been known as a land of startups. Although the area is recognized as one of the nation's largest manufacturing hubs, few IT startups have been established and many students in the region tend to ...

When 35-year-old Ah Hla went to a police station in western Myanmar in late April hoping to see her husband among the prisoners, she didn't know if he was still alive. Several dozen men, including her fisherman husband, had been detained weeks earlier when the ...

Guaranteeing the freedom to navigate the stars has become no less essential to global peace than safeguarding the freedom to navigate the seas.

The distance from hubris to delusion is short and the Trump administration is bent on covering it in a sprint in its India policy.

A visit to a film location can add some movie magic to your Japan travels.

Sumo receives extensive coverage year- round in the Japanese media. While it may not get the column inches that baseball does (understandable when you consider the respective sizes and number of participants in both sports) it's still a significant amount of media attention. To facilitate that, ...

Gio Urshela homered and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees topped the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after directing a profane rant toward rookie plate umpire Brennan Miller. Boone's ...

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods endured miserable first rounds at the British Open on Thursday with American J.B. Holmes ending in the lead after shooting a 5-under-par 66 at Royal Portrush. McIlroy disappointed the home support with the home favorite carding an 8-over-par 79, while ...