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The Japanese government has adopted plans to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Seiji Ozawa, one of the best-known orchestra conductors of his generation, died on Tuesday of heart failure at the age of 88, public broadcaster NHK announced on Friday. Ozawa, who was born in ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--An unemployed man was arrested on Feb. 8 on suspicion of injuring a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident here while driving an electric kick scooter without a license. ( read original story ...)

A woman was made to spend 11 days without wearing a bra while detained at a police station in Osaka Prefecture, even though police allow susp ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will ... ( read original story ...)

Department stores in Osaka, western Japan, are busy preparing to welcome visitors from abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday. ( read original story ...)

Asian shares are mostly higher as Tokyo's benchmark momentarily touched a 34-year high, while many regional markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese steelmakers' labour unions are pushing for a base pay increase of 30,000 yen ($201) a month to ensure workers' wage growth outpaces inflation, unionists said on Friday, as annual talks with ... ( read original story ...)

According to the police, the suspect went the wrong way down a one-way street and hit a 47-year-old man, breaking his collarbone and ribs. ( read original story ...)

Police here on Feb. 8 arrested a man on suspicion of hitting a pedestrian while operating an electric kick scooter and fleeing the scene.Kazunori Matsuzaki, an unemployed man from Nagoya's Naka Ward, ... ( read original story ...)

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a lay judge trial at the Osaka District Court on Feb. 8 for raping his then 12-year- ... ( read original story ...)

Wajima was one of the worst-hit towns - buildings were toppled and a major fire broke out as a result of the quake. More than four weeks on, the BBC returned to Wajima to investigate the extent of the ... ( read original story ...)

Skiers looking for an alternative to resorts in and around the better-known Niseko resort might consider the upscale but more moderately priced ski area of Kiroro, just over an hour’s drive from the ... ( read original story ...)

At an elementary school turned evacuation center in central Japan's quake-hit city of Wajima, a letter received from afar is pinned to a boar･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

It's been nearly two years since the premiere of "Tokyo Vice," in which director Michael Mann ("Thief," "Heat" and, most recently, "Ferrari") introduced us to yet another lonely male obsessive. As the ... ( read original story ...)

When it comes to the Super Bowl, it turns out that Taylor Swift's biggest challenge isn't going to be making it to the game on time from Tokyo. As we established earlier this week, Swift, who has a ... ( read original story ...)