Rivalries are everywhere, from sports games to sibling quarrels, and Japan is no exception. From fast food giant Burger King ...

NAHA, Japan - Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the U.S. forces in the ...

Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the US forces in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, ...

Public health officials in Japan have reported a slight rise in the average weekly number of influenza patients per medical ...

More than 20 percent of the population will be aged 75 or older in 46 of the nation’s 47 ... East Japan Earthquake. The ratio of people aged 75 or older was below 20 percent in all prefectures ...

Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have, followed by Kanagawa and Gunma p･･･ ...

Ibaraki Prefecture relinquished its “least attractive” title among Japan’s 47 prefectures following a local promotional effort that was tongue in cheek at times. The prefecture northeast of ...

Japan is investing billions of yen to get carbon capture and storage off the ground, but the technology is dogged by high ...