Benjamin Franklin said that in life, nothing is more certain than “death and taxes.” For Americans living in Japan, this is twice as true. American citizens must file U.S. taxes, even if they live and ...

Tokyo, Hong Kong — Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the “Winny” peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system popular in Japan, was found guilty of aiding and abetting ...

A Japanese university has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a decline in its enrollment. The case, the first of its kind, could mark the start of a trend in Japan, where the birthrate -- and, ...

Three foreign-born residents of Japan filed a lawsuit on Monday against the national and local governments over alleged illegal questioning by police based on racial profiling. It is the first such ...

TOKYO, Japan — Six couples sued the Japanese government on Friday seeking the right to use different surnames after marriage, filing the case to coincide with International Women's Day. Under laws in ...

Tomohiro Gyoda and Satoko Kubo of Shiga International Patent Office offer some tips to trade mark applicants to help them avoid costly office actions An increasing number of foreign companies have ...