Japan's sex education has long been considered lagging behind other nations. Few elementary and junior high schools have ...

SAITAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- One leukemia patient died and two others remain in critical condition after undergoing chemotherapy ...

Complaints directed at a Nara Prefectural Government division concerning abuse of its famous deer have surged, leaving employees stressed and ...

TOKYO -- Some parents in Japan want their children to learn not just English but other languages too. They hope this will help their children become more international. But there are also worries ...

A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and ...

This file photo taken in January 2015 shows the headquarters of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A container ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. sustained ...

The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that its 32 member countries unanimously agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil ...

A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after ...

A giant vertical pipe at a sewer construction site in Osaka was pushed upward Wednesday, protruding more than 10 meters above ...

Tokyo stocks extended gains Wednesday, with the Nikkei index topping the key 55,000 line as concerns over prolonged crude oil supply ...

Japan will begin drawing down its oil reserves as early as next Monday to deal with a possible sharp rise in gasoline and other petro ...

Fifteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. That decade and a half has revealed the depth of the wounds left on ...