TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday. The 23-year-old princess ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lawyers helping victims of the Unification Church's aggressive donation solicitation practices said Thursday that an arbitration has been concluded, ordering the church to pay a total ...

NAGOYA -- An Aichi Prefecture city ordinance setting smartphone use guidelines including "no more than two hours per day" went into effect on Oct. 1. The city of Toyoake issued messages to elementary ...

KOBE -- Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito's regular press conferences have been moved up due to concerns that anti-governor protests staged at the same time were making students heading home after the school ...

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

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

HONOLULU (AP) -- Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 in calm morning conditions Wednesday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's LOTTE Championship. She played alongside ...

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

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

PIEDMONT, South Carolina (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese truck maker Isuzu Motors Ltd. moved to speed up its North American production on Wednesday as it broke ground on a plant in South Carolina. The ...

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

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 break on EV ...