Japan's civil code hasn't caught up to evolving families.

Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the building, killing five and injuring 10 others.

With two goals, Ayase Ueda set Japan on the way to a 3-1 win over Indonesia in their final Group D tie -- which booked their place in the AFC Asian Cup knockout round and steadied their ship after a ...

On April 16, a Tokyo court sentenced a 39-year-old Japanese man to 18 months in prison and a fine of 1 million yen—about $6,270 at the current exchange rate—for posting highly detailed spoilers for TV ...

TOKYO — A court in western Japan on Wednesday approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official records without undergoing sterilization surgery, the first known ruling of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP ...

Months after shelling out thousands of dollars on a customized dog costume to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a canine, a Japanese man has raised concerns about what his friends might think of ...

A 72-year-old South Korean man who entered Japan on a 15-day visa in 1993 is now facing arrest after allegedly remaining in the country for about 33 years. The man, identified in Japanese reports as ...

Shoji Morimoto explained that he gets a lot of business from people who just need a companion to do something simple with. It can be hard to make friends in life, especially as an adult. With everyone ...