Japan is the only G7 country where suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and records more suicides by minors on ...

A decision by Japanese authorities to prosecute a 17-year-old girl whose suicide resulted in another woman’s death has ...

Who will take care of my kids?” The Garden Grove resident said that with her condition – and no history of breast cancer in ...

Navigating Japan's complex standards around age can feel like a unique balancing act. In a society that cherishes youth and ...

Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who survived as leader after a major election loss by his governing ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, has died at 101 years old. Princess ...

Omochi and her owner, Risa Nagayama, were invited to the Mito police station in Ibaraki Prefecture on 19 November, where the heroic canine was awarded a letter of appreciation and a well-deserved 3kg ...

The mother-of-four was among 73 women elected to the 465-seat house of representatives in October's vote -- the most ever, ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions ...

As of now, Tomiko Itoka of Japan, aged 116, holds the recognized record, but Iraqi discoveries may challenge this claim. The discovery of Iraq’s oldest women has redefined global longevity ...

Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince ...