Immigration authorities revoked a record 832 visas in 2018, more than double the figure of a year earlier, Justice Ministry data showed Monday. The most common reason was ceasing to conduct an activity permitted by the visa category. A further 100 people lost their visa ...

During one of her medical-interpreting lessons in July, teacher Yoshiko Ishizaka, 77, brought up the case of a former student who was dealing with schizophrenia. The principal of Tokyo-based International Medical Interpreter Academy used the example to engage her class in a discussion on the ...

Drawing lessons from one of the worst disasters in the nation's history, a team of Japanese researchers is developing an artificial intelligence-based tsunami-forecasting system set for release in fiscal 2020 that could help limit loss of life and property in future calamities. In March 2011, ...

As the global outcry over China's crackdown on the Uighurs grows, members of the same ethnic minority in Japan are calling for help out of desperation to discover what has happened to their families back home. At a symposium in Tokyo last month, 10 ethnic ...

In the speaking section, many students struggled with improvised speech on randomly chosen topics.

Constitutional revision, a consumption tax hike and the future of the pension system were on the minds of voters as they took to polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in the triennial Upper House election on Sunday. Reporters from The Japan Times ...

As the nation readies for the upcoming Upper House election set for this Sunday, a video targeted at Japan's youths is going viral owing to its controversial message delivered by a group of senior citizens: "Dear young people, don't vote!" In the video message, a ...

Short-term travelers will be able to skip long lines when they are leaving the country by using facial recognition technology that will be deployed at major airports.

A 32-year-old woman was sentenced to a 2½-year jail term, suspended for 5 years, for assisting her husband in assaulting their daughter and contributing to the child’s death.

Attention: Spectators at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year will be allowed to post their photos on social media but not video and audio. Many who learned they won the right to purchase tickets Thursday may not have noticed a clause on the official ...