The official campaign period for the House of Councillors election got underway on July 3 as the lingering issue of ...

Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a ...

The top uniformed officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea will hold talks in Seoul next week, the Japanese ...

Just 7.8 percent of imported cars sold in Japan from January to June were from U.S.-branded automakers, industry data showed ...

Sohei Kamiya, leader of the populist minor opposition Sanseito party, has courted controversy ahead of Japan's House of ...

Japan's decision to make high school tuition virtually free, even for private institutions, is raising alarm among educators ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, after over 1,000 ...

Residents on southwestern Japan's Akuseki Island are facing difficult decisions over whether to evacuate as earthquakes ...

About a dozen people evacuated a remote island in southwestern Japan on Friday, the day after a strong earthquake with a ...

Tokyo stocks ended flat Friday, capped by caution over the outlook for Japan-U.S. tariff talks after President Donald Trump ...

(*Note: The official English title is "Salmon Sanctuary -- Nemuro Strait: perennial journey.") ...

A Hong Kong museum dedicated to martial arts legend Bruce Lee set up by his fans shut its doors earlier this week, citing ...