Japan's embassy in the Philippines has recently tightened tourist visa slots for Filipino travelers amid a surge in visitors ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Wednesday, with the Nikkei ending a three-day losing streak, as technology shares gained on easing ...

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The Mie Prefectural Government has signed a memorandum with Vietnam's labor ministry and Hanoi University of Science and ...

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Major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. has conventionally been franchised to teams of two, often husband and wife, ...

The strawberry picking season has arrived. A tourist farm in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, is busy with visitors.

The metropolitan government's child welfare council, upon reviewing agencies' response over a couple suspected of fatally ...

DeepSeek, a Chinese startup founded in 2023, has rapidly emerged as a disruptive force in the global generative AI industry ...

The Japan Sumo Association officially approved Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, ...

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. is strongly associated with its scandal-hit TV network subsidiary, but since the coronavirus ...

A once-in-a-generation player who earned the admiration of baseball fans in North America -- the birthplace of the sport -- has now received the highe ...