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.

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

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There were reports of collapsed buildings and people being trapped underneath them. The quake disrupted electricity and phone service, and…

Officials ordered residents of the Noto Peninsula to leave for higher ground immediately, warning that there could be waves as…