Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...

Japanese women entering the Administration Building of the Immigration Station. Immigrants from Japan began entering the United States in the 1880s. They were largely farmers from southern Japan ...

The process can take years, with some people detained in immigration facilities for long, even indefinite, periods. A UN panel is asking Japan to review its approach on humanitarian grounds as ...

Japan Post will issue the first new 1-yen (1 cent) postage stamp in 70 years on April 14, featuring its bear mascot character, Posukuma. The mascot’s name combines the Japanese word “kuma ...