Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, reached a costly settlement with a woman over an alleged sex assault.

Japan, known for its robust aging population, was ranked the healthiest country to age in by the National Center for Health ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government nominated female economist Junko Koeda to replace Seiji Adachi on the BOJ policy ...

Japan is experiencing a surge in elderly female prisoners, with the number of prisoners aged 65 or older nearly quadrupling ...

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication. But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside ...

The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct ...