Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority.

SoftBank plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data centre for operating artificial intelligence ...

The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly ...

TOKYO -- Japanese media reported this week that police have arrested several men accused of sexual assault of their underaged ...

Crunchyroll has announced it will debut new episodes of One Piece at the same time that they release in Japan.

TOKYO (TR) – A well-placed source told Sports Nippon (Mar. 9) on Saturday that two key Fuji TV announcers will be leaving the ...

The recent sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai has brought to light the Japanese television ...

TOKYO -- Support is growing in Japan for allowing couples to keep their own surnames after marriage, a Nikkei poll shows, with more than half of the married women surveyed saying they would have taken ...

A Japanese high court has ruled that Japan’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a latest ...

The woman "ordered the victim to get out on a balcony while he was naked, and confined him there," officials said.

Seven & I Holdings, the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, appointed its first foreign CEO and handed ...