A surge in school closures exacerbated by Japan’s declining birthrate amounts to a lot of unused real estate over the years.

Students voted to launch the miniboat southwest of the Aleutian Islands, an island chain off the southern coast of Alaska.

Nagi earned the tag “miracle town” because its birthrate was more than twice the national average a few years ago.

With each student in Japan receiving a tablet, digital devices nowadays are indispensable. At the same time, children's ...

Wearing seat belts in cars improperly can fatally damage the abdomen of young children in case of accidents, a survey by a ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite ...

The decline reflected the mass departure of teachers who reached retirement age, which led to increased demand for new ...

On the top floor of a mall in south-central Japan, there exists a child care center modeled after a small American city: Carmel, Indiana.

From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

The number of influenza patients reported in Tokyo in the week ending Dec 22 has doubled from the previous week, exceeding the warning level, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Friday. The ...

Panama celebrated the 25th anniversary of the U.S. handover of the Panama Canal, which president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take back.

"It's a refreshing idea that Crystal City is being exposed to this history that has been lost for such a long time," one organizer says.