As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in ...

Four countries, including Iran and South Africa, have decided to withdraw from the World Expo scheduled for next year in ...

Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck ...

Osamu Suzuki, the former charismatic head of Suzuki Motor Corp. who turned the Japanese minivehicle maker into a global ...

A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, in which a Japanese family was injured and a Chinese bus ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male ...

Two third-year junior high school students here improperly accessed a teacher-only file from tablets distributed by the ...

In the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, people are making the specialty bodara. Fresh cod caught in the sea around Hokkaido are ...