The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--Shimon Sakaguchi is living proof that dreams do indeed come true. The co-winner of this year’s ...

WASHINGTON--The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist ...

SANTIAGO--Chile will feel a little quieter now that Japan is out of the men’s Under-20 World Cup. With drums, banners, flags, ...

Kura Sushi Inc., a major conveyor belt sushi chain, plans to continue offering dishes inspired by 70 countries and regions at ...

SINGAPORE--The yen was set for its steepest weekly drop in a year on Friday, as investors fretted about fast-receding chances of another rate hike this year while comments from Japan’s likely next ...

The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing ...

Renewable energy sources accounted for 25 percent of Japan’s overall electricity output in 2023, but the country’s standing ...

A ryokan and inn operator has unveiled an ambitious plan to attract visitors to a sprawling complex in the ancient capital of Nara that people wanted to avoid at all costs a century ago.

KYOTO—When the phone call came at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, Susumu Kitagawa thought it was just another annoying telemarketer ...

SENDAI—Human remains discovered by a construction company in 2023 have been identified as a child who was swept away in the 2011 tsunami, Miyagi prefectural police said on Oct. 9.

The Kumamoto prefectural police have recruited a new official mascot but unlike other popular characters, Warumon is not to be trusted.