Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

Japan broaches ‘one-theater’ concept to U.S. for Indo-Pacific Kamakura steps up guards as tourists to anime site increase Protests erupt over sale of CD with nude photos of singer Yashiro ...

Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu (train-stamp nerds) alike, collecting them as you make your way around Japan is easy and free, and results in a unique and lasting record of your journey.

Tucked away in the mountain range of the Saga Prefecture, on the western island of Kyushu, Ureshino is home to some of Japan’s most coveted onsens, run by more than 30 hotels and ryokans ...

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m). The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his ...

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

March 25 (UPI) --Japan's Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The court's ruling is the fifth decision to call Japan's same-sex marriage ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Investors are rethinking their strategies for Japanese sovereign bonds after the Bank of Japan’s pivot to interest-rate hikes in the past year triggered the biggest losses among global debt markets.