Major Japanese truck maker Isuzu Motors Ltd. moved to speed up its North American production on Wednesday as it br ...

The 28-year-old mayor of the western Japan city of Ashiya has been picked as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential ...

Nissan Motor Co. will put on hold a plan to make electric vehicles in the United States as EV sales are slowing and a tax ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that China's purchase of American soybeans will top the agenda when he holds talks ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday was given an award for the celebrity who looks best in glasses in the ...

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The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are making arrangements to convene an extraordinary parliament session ...

The Van Gogh museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a ...

The finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries agreed Wednesday to intensify pressure on Russia's oil exports in an ...

More tourists are coming to Japan, and some shops now have tip boxes. But tipping is still not common in Japan.

Japan's transport ministry on Wednesday ordered 111 post offices across the nation to stop using light vans for parcel and ...