The rule allowing fixed-term academic employees to switch to indefinite employment after 10 years is a serious factor in ...

Japan's Urawa Reds will be ready to soak up defensive pressure against Argentine heavyweights River Plate in their first ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani will return as a pitcher Monday by starting against the San Diego Padres, the ...

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Women's shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, who holds a seventh-dan ranking in the game, has been appointed as the new president of ...

Around 80 percent of teachers in Japanese language classes offered by local governments are volunteers, a national survey ...

Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, visited Brazil's Iguacu Falls on Sunday, wrapping up her official visit ...

The Bank of Japan could consider slowing the pace of its reduction of government bond purchases from next April under the ...

Gold futures hit a record high in Japan on Monday, topping 16,000 yen ($111) per gram, as investors fled to the safe-haven ...

A veterinarian in Mie Prefecture who treated cats infected with an ixodid tick-borne disease has died from the same illness, ...

Mudskippers are jumping repeatedly in the tidal flats of the city of Ogi, Saga Prefecture, facing the Ariake Sea. It is the ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Monday as exporter shares were bought on a weaker yen, with the U.S. dollar rising on the prospects of ...