Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, Japan's strict laws on private gun ownership have surprising ...

The people of Japan and beyond are stunned by the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, who was killed by a gun — an extremely rare occurrence in Japan. Japanese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kaneko Miyuki reported her sexual assault as a seven-year-old in Japan, she remembers the police laughing at her. “I was ...

TOKYO -- A draft of the Japanese government's first basic plan under the LGBT understanding promotion law enacted in 2023, ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Recently revised Japanese cannabis and narcotics laws went into effect on Thursday and could land violators in prison for up to seven years. A general concern about rising use of ...

An amendment to Japan's Civil Code looks set to allow shared parenting for the first time.

In a move made for its creative industries, Japan is pushing back against some external pressures to alter its video games and anime. As per the newly proposed policy by the Japanese government, ...

Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — When Kaneko Miyuki reported her sexual assault as a seven-year-old in Japan, she remembers the police laughing at her. “I was already confused and scared,” she said. “They ...