Landlords in Japan are within their rights to refuse to rent to foreign residents, but some services are stepping in to bridge the gap.

We asked foreign residents to tell us about the hurdles they faced when trying to rent an apartment in Japan. The following is a selection of their responses.

I think many people hold the following preconceived notions of what it means to be a physician. Doctors, we believe, are: highly specialized (and only a few can become MDs) have high social status and income have a noble mission to protect human health ...

A series of incidents over the past few years have raised concerns the U.S. military on Okinawa is failing to securely manage its weapons in the prefecture.

So-called conspiracy legislation massively expands the state's coercive powers, with few checks in place to prevent abuse.

Data suggest Japan's schools are seeing a surge in food allergies among students, but are all the claims legitimate?

The government has been pushing job-juggling lately, but I have reason to believe that its interests lie not with workers' health and security.

Three foreign members of the Fukuoka tech entrepreneur community discuss whether the city's efforts to style itself as an international startup hub are paying off.

So you fancy yourself as a scholar on Japan's supreme law? Try testing your knowledge of the Constitution's birth with this quiz.

Education in Japan, within the nexus of business, science and internationalization, is currently developing progressive initiatives.One such trend is to move university teaching out of brick-and-mortar classrooms and into the online sphere. This could be, in its more modest form, simply supplementary resources for ...

Ambitious program has helped Japan meet the world, but does it have a role to play today?

Despite winning return orders in court, foreign fathers are treated like offenders.