The latest issue of the British magazine The Economist features an article on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi titled, “The ...

KYOTO — Clack, thud. Clack, thud. The lonely sound of the hand-operated loom echoes through the chilly workshop. Under the ...

A large residence in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward dating back to the early Edo period (1603-1867) where community heads and then ...

Hundreds of millions of Japanese yen in cash was stolen in a series of robberies spanning Tokyo’s Ueno district, Haneda ...

Gold is being brought into Japan without being declared at customs and then sold — while not paying consumption tax — in ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will attend U.S. President Donald Trump’s first formal Board of Peace meeting on ...

The International Space Station returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace ...

Online videos of Japanese women have been plagiarized and reposted on social media with false Chinese subtitles claiming ...

A 50-centimeter-tall bear was culled 2½ hours after it was spotted in a warehouse at a private residence in the town of Yanaizu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday morning.

Plum blossoms began blooming on Saturday at the plum garden of Yuki Shrine in Tsu City. They are expected to reach full bloom from late February to early March.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the United States as the “child of Europe” in a message of unity on Saturday, offering some reassurance as well as levelling more criticism at allies after a year ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, weighed down by overnight losses on Wall Street, with SoftBank Group leading the ...