The plight of Rohingya Muslims has made headlines as the Myanmar military's escalating attacks against the ethnic group, often described in media reports as "one of the world's most persecuted minorities," have captured global attention. Following clashes between the country's military and Rohingya insurgents ...
Tokyo governor says she will distance herself from national politics and leave parliamentary affairs to members who won Diet seats.
The two opposition parties launched less than one month ago to challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition met contrasting fates in the general election.
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two biggest election-defining issues of Sunday's Lower House poll are how to spend the additional revenue from the planned consumption tax hike in 2019 and how to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat. Leaders from other parties see ...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s new party Kibo no To releases its first list of candidates for the Oct. 22 Lower House election, which includes 110 Democratic Party members.
Tokyu Corp. on Monday unveiled a new tram painted with manekineko (beckoning cat) livery to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Tamagawa Line and promote use of the Setagaya Line to tourists. Upon its completion in March 1907, the Tamagawa Line connected Dogenzakaue and Sangenjaya ...
Gundam's upgrade was unveiled in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district on Sunday, giving hope to its corporate sponsors that the giant robot statue will become a new tourist attraction ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The towering, full-scale 19.7-meter Unicorn Gundam replaces the previous model, which ...
The Justice Ministry has drafted guidelines to help companies that want to hire international students understand the types of jobs eligible for granting visas. The guidelines, released Friday, focus on fields related to creativity and culture, such as animation, manga, fashion, design and food. They ...
In a rare one-day trial expected to result in a small fine, Dentsu President Toshihiro Yamamoto admits the powerful advertiser permitted overtime violations that killed employee Matsuri Takahashi.
The number of Japanese 90 or older stood at 2.06 million as of last week.
