Japan's education ministry on Tuesday asked the University of Tokyo to review the selection process of its next president, ...

Convenience store sales in Japan rose 0.5 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the third straight month of ...

Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday as skepticism about artificial intelligence-driven growth and a cautious mood ahead of the earnings season ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday her government will not extend a cut in consumption tax on food and beverages ...

The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on Oct. 19 that it had begun accepting ...

Japanese government officials said at an Oct. 19 expert panel meeting that it plans to expand the quota for foreign care ...

A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 55-year-old former truck driver to seven years in prison for causing a multivehicle cras ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. on Tuesday launched a new digital payment service called "teppay" as the train ...

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President Donald Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November's midterm elections -- but even ...

The U.S. State Department said Monday it "condemns" Russia's recent detention of a Japanese journalist in its Far East on ...

The temple has a legend about a cat that remained loyal to its master. Nagai Motofusa, a retainer of Mori Terumoto (1553-1625 ...