There are now more kodomo shokudo, which offer free or low-cost meals, than elementary and junior high schools.

TOKYO -- The Japanese welfare ministry plans not to include the abolition of the "Category III insured persons" system, which ...

Japan on Monday halted issuing new health insurance cards, as the government pushes to merge their functions into the My ...

It's the second family-friendly policy out of Tokyo, following the municipal government's decision to offer a 4-day work week ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more than ...

A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The bear had been roaming around a nearby house and ...

Tokyo-based digital ID firm Cross ID says it has raised a total of approximately 600 million yen (about $4 million U.S.) in ...

SUNAGAWA, Japan >> A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, ...

The issuance of health insurance cards in Japan has now been officially discontinued in favour of the 12-digit My Number ID.

This year, the number of bankruptcy filings in Japan is expected to exceed 10,000, marking the highest level since 2013, ...

A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a ...

New figures show that 20% of elderly Japanese will live alone by 2050, so the government wants solutions to avoid "kodokushi" – the Japanese term that means a lonely death.