BERLIN--“Ordinary Life,” a Japanese-French animation co-production directed by Yoriko Mizushiri, won the runner-up Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in the short ...

Visitors from outside Japan are participating in a verification test using a touchless fingerprint authentication system at ...

Independent watchmaker Jiro Katayama always thought he would spend his days working alone on a shoestring budget in his ...

Japan's Seven & i Holdings, operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has picked Bain Capital as its preferred buyer for a stake of its non-core assets, local media reported on Saturday.

Emperor Naruhito turned 65 on Feb. 23, vowing to reaffirm his commitment to peace with the approaching 80th anniversary since ...

Warren Buffett said on Saturday that his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will likely increase its ownership in the five ...

More than 200 death certificates were issued under the name of a doctor with dementia at a hospital here, where officials are ...

The ruling coalition and opposition Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) agreed to education and social welfare policies ...

Trust in the electoral system that underpins democracy could be seriously undermined if campaigns are marred by activities ...

Morinari Watanabe, the Japanese head of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), is vying to be selected as the first ...

Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus.

Some Uber Eats delivery drivers in Japan are deliberately rejecting job requests to gamble on a chance of winning a jackpot ...