The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan has hit an all-time high, but this milestone has yet to deliver equal benefits ...

The Osaka High Court ruled on Dec. 18 that the Japanese government was not responsible for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power ...

Tsuneo Watanabe, the chief of Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings who wielded enormous influence in politics and Japanese professional ...

Early risers across Kagoshima Prefecture and other parts of western Japan spotted a fiery object slowly splitting apart as it traveled across the predawn sky around 4 a.m. on Dec. 19.

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks slid, bond yields rose and the dollar was perched near a two-year high on Thursday after the U.S.

November, and wild boar dishes are now being served at restaurants in the Tanbasasayama city area of Hyogo Prefecture.

Maika Isogawa, a former performer with the famed Cirque du Soleil, has made a remarkable transition from the glamorous ...

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s ...

Belarus has detained a second Japanese national who was reportedly filming a road, the Japanese Embassy in Belarus announced ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s acting leader said Thursday he would veto a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition ...

KITA-KYUSHU—Police on Dec. 19 arrested an unemployed man in connection with a stabbing attack at a McDonald’s restaurant here ...

Under pressure, the ruling coalition agreed to raise the minimum income tax threshold from 1.03 million yen ($6,600) to 1.23 ...