The journalist had applied for a passport in 2019, but the Foreign Ministry refused to issue one to him because Turkey had ...

TOKYO -- The district court here on Oct. 25 ordered the Japanese government to pay 550,000 yen (about $3,600) in compensation to a death row inmate on the grounds that keeping him in a cell with a ...

Strict rules that governed Tokyo high school students from the color and style of their hair to the color of their underwear will soon be a relic of the rigid past. Tokyo metropolitan senior ...

At least 171 high schools in eastern Japan's Kanto region, including the capital, are revising their regulations, with ...

The new rules governing which athletes can compete ... the requirements to compete in track and field events. After the Tokyo Olympics, in November 2021, the International Olympic Committee ...

The Japanese government will ease its policy on releasing stockpiled rice as a step to counter rising prices, altering the ...

Japan's finance ministry plans to plug a loophole in reporting requirements for foreign investors under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, in an effort to prevent intelligence from leaking to ...

Tokyo logged a record 4,058 new daily cases the day before, topping 4,000 for the first time for a single day and adding 2,930 new cases from a week ago. This week's infection trajectory is alarming.

Boxers from 76 nations duked it out for 16 days in 267 bouts at Tokyo’s legendary Kokugikan Arena in pursuit of Olympic glory, giving fight fans incredible matchups across 13 weight classes. Cuba led ...