Asian benchmarks mostly rose Tuesday, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seemed ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday his country does not plan to make big concessions and won't rush to reach a deal in upcoming tariff negotiations with U.S. President Donald ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. started collecting melted nuclear fuel for the second time at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, this time closer to the center of a reactor.

Up to 67.6 percent of high school students do not know what “sexual consent” means or have heard the term but cannot explain it, a survey showed April 14.

Concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs led in part to the first meeting in 16 years between the Japanese prime minister and the leader of Rengo (Japan Trade Union Confederation).

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) plans to add luxurious, semi-private seating areas to the Tokaido Shinkansen by ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

A northern city plans to promote Niigata Prefecture’s many local specialties--including its snow--at the Osaka Kansai Expo ...

Japan proposed a security strategy concept to the United States that could substantially expand the geographical area where the Self-Defense Forces may be deployed to counter potential threats from ...

The once-accessible process of designing a custom home is turning into a luxury option as Japan's carpenters join the growing ...

Takamori Saigo (1828-1877), the leader of the Satsuma Rebellion, launched an all-out assault on Kumamoto Castle that was being defended by the Imperial Japanese Army.