Influenza case counts in Japan in the week until Sunday were more than double the figure from the previous week.

Bears are rarely out of the headlines in Japan these days because they keep straying into urban areas. Attacks are rising, ...

Many university officials in Japan believe bringing an international environment onto campus is a cheaper, safer way to ...

In the northern Japanese region of Akita Prefecture, a spike in bear-human encounters has ended with a sharp response from ...

Japan is finding it harder to attract foreign workers, even as the country needs more people for jobs. Many foreign workers ...

Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has also spoken to South East Asian leaders at the ASEAN Summit, saying he wants to ...

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According to industry sources, Japan is apparently becoming less attractive to foreign workers because wages remain lower ...

JAPAN is commonly categorized as an English-as-a-foreign-language country. In contemporary paradigms of English studies, it belongs to what is known as the Expanding Circle, in contrast to the United ...

A park featuring the Pokemon character "Lapras" opened in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on October 31. Lapras is a ...

Japan’s recently elected first female premier met the U.S. President on Tuesday to try to set a new tone for U.S.-Japan ...