The suspect, tatami store manager Sotatsu Yanase, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of abandoning and damaging the body of Shizuka Takase.

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

Tokyo's Minato Ward will provide an additional subsidy of up to 100,000 yen (about $643) to women utilizing the capital's subsidies to freeze･･･ ...

Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi said a woman he does not know had intruded into his parliamentary residence unit in ...

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

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s organized crime division arrested two men Jan. 27 on suspicion of arranging jobs ...

The group had up to about 1,500 scouts nationwide, and its annual revenue is believed to have reached about ¥5 billion.

Chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday that a visit by a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of ...

A woman walking in Tokyo discovers Mysore Cafe, which brings authentic Karnataka flavors to Japan. The cafe offers ...

TOKYO, Japan — Takeda Pharmaceuticals has named Julie Kim as the first woman to lead the 244-year-old Japanese drugmaker, a rarity in senior management in the world's fourth-largest economy. Kim, a US ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country’s male-only imperial succession rule.