Coordinators for international relations from around the world are responsible for international exchange activities across ...

As the number of inbound tourists to Japan skyrockets while the population shrinks, the country is seeing a revival of ...

Japan's education ministry plans to restrict living expenses support for doctoral students to Japanese nationals only, a ...

The Nagoya District Court ordered a municipal assemblyman in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, to pay 170,000 yen (about $1,180) in ...

The mayor and other officials of this eastern Japan city, known for its searing summer heat, got a taste of super spicy food ...

U.S. President Donald Trump recently justified his country's attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran by likening them to the ...

Iranian ambassador to Japan Peiman Seadat has urged Tokyo to stand against U.S. and Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities in ...

Japan executed a man convicted for the 2017 serial murders of nine people in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, a source close to the ...

Early ripening peaches have reached their harvest season in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. These juicy, ...

The prefectural police here on June 27 arrested two university students for allegedly shoplifting about 330,000 yen (roughly ...

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Kenshi Nakanishi, 26, has Down syndrome. He is helping visitors from other countries in English at Expo 2025 in Osaka.