NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has no more legal cards to play in the prefecture's long-running battle to stop the ...

The Japanese government has begun examining ways to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran is effectively blocking, under Japan’s pacifist Constitution and existing legal ...

“Demand for matcha was particularly strong in overseas markets and among foreign visitors to Japan, ratcheting up overall tea ...

MAEBASHI--Gunma Governor Ichita Yamamoto brought a souvenir home from the state of Minnesota that intrigued him on his ...

A Cameroonian man who was twice rejected for refugee status and faced deportation under Japan’s tighter immigration rules ...

OSAKA--One of the most famous paintings in the Western canon went on display here on Aug. 21, as “Girl with a Pearl Earring” ...

Four railway workers died on Aug. 20 after being struck by a Spacia X limited express train while clearing vegetation near ...

Japan hanged a prisoner on Aug. 21, ending the life of Sunao Takami, a 58-year-old man who killed five people when he set ...

Thirteen years after being launched amid much fanfare to promote Japanese culture overseas, the Cool Japan Fund Inc. effort ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 ...

SEOUL--It was a vision to give South Korea a stock market that reflected its true economic dynamism, by shedding regulatory ...

HIROSHIMA—An American man whose uncle died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima visited for the first time this year, retracing ...