Japan

Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and…

Higher inflation and rising wages suggest that the country’s economy can grow without such aggressive stimulus from the central bank.

Experts say the country’s first lawsuit about police discrimination against foreign-born residents highlights a systematic problem.

When an English ship pilot lands in feudal 1600s Japan, five lords must decide whether he’s an enemy or a…

Some Japanese spectators are grumbling that foreign concertgoers visiting Tokyo don’t share their rather restrained local approach to taking in…

Karolina Shiino, a naturalized Japanese citizen who was born in Ukraine, resigned two weeks after winning the Miss Japan crown.

Nobody was injured in the episode on Tuesday, which took place on the country’s northern island of Hokkaido amid heavy…

Sylvan Mishima Brackett, the chef-owner of the San Francisco restaurant Rintaro, hosted family and friends for an intimate meal to…

Anton Deibe, 17, and his family were flying into Tokyo when their plane collided with a Coast Guard aircraft.

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