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

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

Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Imperial Househol ...

The mother of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago, voiced hope Th ...

Lawyers helping victims of the Unification Church's aggressive donation solicitation practices said Thursday that an arbitration has ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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