NAGOYA -- An Aichi Prefecture city ordinance setting smartphone use guidelines including "no more than two hours per day" ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito's regular press conferences have been moved up due to concerns that anti-governor protests staged ...

How can we eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons? At this time when the international situation remains tense, ...

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

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi has the most public support of any of the five candidates to lead the ruling ...

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

Tokyo stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Nikkei index snapping a four-day losing streak as investors hunted for ...

Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 in calm morning conditions Wednesday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the first-round lead in ...

A new luxury hotel opened in Nagoya on Wednesday, with standard room prices as high as 3.75 million yen ($25,000) per night, ...

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

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

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 ...