Vietnamese workers was the largest group with 570,708 people, up 10.1%, followed by Chinese workers who numbered 408,805, up ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan has hit a record high for the 12th straight year, reflecting severe labor shortages in the country, labor ministry data showed ...

A Japanese academic, who was based in Hong Kong for 25 years, and her British former colleague recently published a book investigating the lives of Japanese who were buried in a cemetery in the then ...

The Nagasaki Lantern Festival, a dazzling winter tradition here, began on Jan. 29, illuminating this southwest Japan city ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have invited US President Donald Trump to visit this year for the 80th anniversary of ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Mayors invite Donald Trump for 80th anniversary of atomic bombings: 'listen to testimonies of bomb ...

Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever ...

CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights ...

GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios, Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang and visiting members of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly on Friday ...

This malaise was a fitting backdrop for Akira Kurosawa to underline the societal decay and bleak mood of Japan in Stray Dog, ...