Yet in her first Cabinet lineup after taking office, she appointed only two women as ministers: Satsuki Katayama and Kimi ...

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A major Japanese parking service operator that suffered a data breach exposing images of 1.6 million driver's licenses had a ...

Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, supported by buying that tracked overnight advances on Wall Street, but the upside was ...

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Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yana on Monday retracted recently revealed past remarks he made ...

Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, a joint project agreed on by the two countries in 2013, opened Monday in Ankara, ...

A total of 68 information leak cases involving domestic violence (DV) victims and other protected individuals occurred ...

What does a revised labor policy law require all companies and local governments in Japan to do starting in October?