Risa Furusawa, Aika Sano, Kana Itakura, Ayano Masuda, Emiru Kawamoto, Miyu Umeda, Nagisa Manabe & Haruka Sakuraba spoke to .

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

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

TOKYO -- 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. The ...

Japan’s largest labor organization is ... Yoshino has tackled issues regarding women’s wages and work environments in a union in the manufacturing industry, where there are few women.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said ...

Several women in brightly colored aprons busily prepare lunch in the kitchen, while two Japanese interns help some older children with their basic English studies. Cheerful voices echo in the ...

SoftBank inked a $3 billion deal with OpenAI in a joint venture to market OpenAI tech in Japan with its newly-minuted ...

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. The unusual step comes ...

Public mea culpas are a corporate ritual in Japan. For Fuji TV, the resignations and public apologies of two bosses didn’t ...

For years, Japan’s work culture has been defined by long hours, relentless pressure, and the toll it takes on workers’ well-being. But now, a shift is taking place that could change the course of ...

The number of dogs and cats euthanized in Japan has dropped to less than one-tenth of that about a decade ago thanks to ...