Angela Kubo & Jake Adelstein

According to Japanese Trade Union Confederation, matahara is an abbreviation of “maternity harassment.” The word refers to mental or physical harassment that some workingwomen go through when they announce to…

Next time, you're fawning over a cute hamster butt, look closely and you may notice the blood stained hairs that are probably the trace evidence of their cannibalized lover or…

The two Japanese thugs from Osaka uploaded videos of themselves threatening store staff and forcing them to kowtow and then made off with 6 cartons of cigarettes.

Japan gets its first dengue fever outbreak in 60 years.

A recent revelation that Hello Kitty isn't a cat has left people, including ourselves, scratching their heads.

"I love the sort of monster figures and dolls that appear on Ultraman, and I wanted to buy more with the money I made from the action figure [I stole],"…

Japanese courts reject a temporary restraining order for stalking victim Ikumi Yoshimatsu, who filed the request this January.

We are really just hoping that the thief will return the stolen goods," Masuzo Furukawa, the president of the company, told the JSRC via email. "Our basic principle is 'condemn…

This year's Hiroshima bombing commemoration speech bears a uncanny resemblance to last year's.

A blog post written by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to show his support for women backfires when people pointed out that the English word "shine" can actually be read…