As Japanese society increasingly gets global, a new study finds that its education system has not kept pace. Students with ...

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

Potential challengers include Sanae Takaichi, who came second to Ishiba in last year’s LDP leadership race; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former minister for economic security; and Shinjiro Koizumi, son of ...

The term "xenophobia," derived from the Greek words "xenos" (meaning stranger) and "phobos" (meaning fear), was selected as ...

The Japanese government said it is responding to "crimes and nuisances committed by some foreigners and inappropriate use of ...

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has ...