Twenty-one governors said the burden of U.S. bases shouldered by Okinawa Prefecture should be reduced, but none would be ...

FamilyMart Co. is changing the look of its convenience stores in urban areas, adopting a novel style to stand out from the ...

The nation’s catlike icon of seemingly infinite collaborations has gained another ambassadorial title in celebration of the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met for the first time with visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale who changed ...

Global military spending is surging, reaching the highest level in almost four decades, according to a Swedish think tank ...

Kozo Okamoto, a former Japanese Red Army member who took part in the 1972 mass shooting at an airport in Israel before ...

MANILA—In the first thawing of deeply frozen diplomatic ties, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi briefly spoke with his ...

If a major natural disaster strikes Tokyo or other large cities, Masaatsu Aoki is offering a port in the storm for evacuees ...

Prudential Life Insurance Co.’s massive employee fraud scandal continues spreading, revealing another 125 victims and an ...

The dollar largely ‌stabilized on Thursday as renewed U.S.-Iran tensions kept investors on edge and underpinned ⁠demand for ...

JAKARTA--Indonesian police have asked Japanese authorities to help verify the authenticity of Japanese-language social media ...

MANILA/BEIJING--The Philippine Coast Guard on Friday accused its Chinese counterpart of firing water cannon at government ...