A new law banning online casinos and ads has been passed in Japan, boosting addiction awareness and improving international cooperation.

Teachers will be getting more pay and the promise of less notoriously excessive overtime work under a bill revising Japan's ...

Despite the various measures taken by the central and local governments, the birth rate is declining only at an accelerating pace.

The Japanese government is set to tighten measures against unpaid medical bills left by foreign tourists who received ...

Under a “rigorous screening” system, Japan will not renew the visas of mid- and long-term foreign residents who have failed ...

In an unprecedented move, the transport ministry plans to revoke Japan Post Co.’s trucking business license over its failure ...

As a country with many volcanoes, Japan has experienced numerous large-scale eruptions. In modern times, however, there have been no cases in which the Tokyo metropolitan area or other large cities ...