Over 3 million Britons have signed a petition for a second referendum after a majority of people voted to leave the European Union on Thursday, which sent shock waves across the world.

Chinese media describe some visitors of the newly-opened Shanghai Disneyland as “uncivilized” although the local government released an etiquette guide well in advance.

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the family of a 91-year-old man who suffered dementia is not liable for a railway accident eight years ago in which he was hit and killed by a train.

A high court in western Japan ordered a hospital on Tuesday to pay about 1.75 million yen in damages to a physical therapist who was demoted due to pregnancy in a “maternity harassment” case.

The education ministry on Friday reprimanded a Tokyo publisher for paying junior high school officials last year for feedback on its English textbook under government screening.

Japan’s municipalities began on Friday to send notices showing 12-digit identification numbers to all residents in the nation under a new number system for tax and social security purposes called “My Number”.

The president of Asahi Kasei Corp. on Tuesday apologized for a subsidiary’s involvement in faulty piling work and data fabrication for a tilting condominium building in Yokohama.

More than 10,000 people gathered in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Monday to protest national security bills that the Prime Minister aims to enact this week.

Japan’s police have gone on high alert amid reports the nation’s biggest organized crime syndicate based in the western city of Kobe has split into different factions.

The president of Toyota Motor Corp. issued an apology on Friday for the arrest of its top female executive, a 55-year-old American, who was suspected of importing illegal drugs.