Father's Day, which falls on June 15 this year in Japan, is approaching. However, an increasing number of day care centers ...

Facing escalating public grievances over soaring rice prices and with a crucial national election looming this summer, Prime ...

More than 60 companies in Japan are utilizing imperfect bananas, which would otherwise be discarded, to combat food waste.

Japan on Thursday began a review of its rice policy after soaring grain prices hit consumers, aiming to boost production and ...

An unsubstantiated rumor spreading in Hong Kong that a major disaster will strike Japan in July was discussed June 4 during ...

The family of a then 7-year-old boy who fatally choked on a quail egg served during lunch at a municipal school in the ...

TOKYO -- Suspicious messages including threats to "harm as many children as possible" were sent to multiple junior and senior ...

The Saga Prefectural Government on June 5 announced it is preparing to launch a model project aimed at accepting foreign ...

Deliberations on bills separately submitted by three opposition parties over selective surnames for married couples are ...

The "low birth rate trap" is becoming an expression in Japan. This refers to the ageing of society due to low births over the ...

A Japanese high court on Friday overturned a ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.

Rice moves through a multi-layered supply chain in Japan before reaching consumers, a structure that drives up costs and ...