Chicago cannot host 2016 Olympic games, it’s official. It has been voted out in the first round. With Tokyo eliminated in the second, it remains to be seen who...

In his latest piece on the North Korean issue, Hitoshi Tanaka, formerly Japan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister Koizumi’s chief...

When a JR Tokyo station platform attendant was shot at close-range during a dispute amidst early morning rush hour back in 2004, the suspect’s clean getaway from...

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) plans to set up as many as 200 recharging stations for electric cars around the Japanese capital next year, the Nikkei business daily...

As reported by JapanToday, Japan’s national population is back on its way up again after three consecutive annual declines, which should be temporarily encouraging...

“One of the safest countries in the world?” “Low crime rates?” “They have good sushi there, right?” What is it about Japan that has kept the stereotypes of...

Dokdo. Takeshima. The Liancourt Rocks. This small group of islets, roughly situated between South Korea and Japan in the East Sea, has been a startling topic of...

As many as five people might have died and at least 9 more were wounded after a man went on a knife rampage through Tokyo’s popular electronics district on...