The head of Japan’s top pop agency Johnny & Associates stepped down Thursday after admitting that her uncle, the company’s late founder, had sexually abused minors for years, following months ...

Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate.

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo, the country's Justice Ministry announced. Takahiro Shiraishi, the so-called "Twitter ...

Japan also raised the legal age of consent, so that sexual intercourse with someone under 16 is now considered rape. For a long time, the country had one of the lowest age of consent among ...

More information: Kei Uchida et al, Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan, Nature Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01578-w Journal information: Nature Sustainability ...

04 July 2025 Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.

Japan’s big bet on stem-cell therapies might soon pay off with medical breakthroughs Induced pluripotent stem cells are being tested to treat blindness, paralysis, Parkinson’s disease and more.

I n Japan, you can be jailed for up to seven years for possessing cannabis. But getting high on it isn’t a crime at all—and neither is possessing, trading, or consuming a number of synthetic ...

The earthquake occurred off Miyazaki Prefecture at 4:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) at a depth of about 18 miles, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of Japanese women hold jobs than their American counterparts.

According to Kono, Japan’s huge government deficit—public debt to GDP stands at 256%, the highest in the world and double that of the U.S.—has over recent years made its Finance Ministry too ...