Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is contemplating dissolving the Lower House when the ordinary Diet session convenes on Jan. 23, ...

SHIZUOKA--A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of ...

Nippon Life Insurance Co. will become the first major Japanese company to use an environmental group’s rating system to ...

A snap election could be held in early or mid-February if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi actually dissolves the Lower House at ...

NAHA--The Naha deputy mayor will run in the Okinawa gubernatorial election and likely gain support from the Liberal ...

KITA-KYUSHU--Flashy outfits were a common sight at an adulthood ceremony here, a fashion statement that received a thumbs-up ...

Some people break into a run from the starting line, galloping through life with effortless grace. Others are late bloomers, ...

One early afternoon in November, Nanako Shibasaki popped into Hangry Joe's Tokyo in the capital's Akihabara district, which ...

Stunned by the discovery that she had a new older “brother,” a woman in her 60s in Tokyo confronted her father about the growing family.

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

JERUSALEM--Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Jerusalem with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Sunday.

SEOUL--North ‌Korea's Kim Yo Jong, ‍the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, urged South Korea to investigate recent drone ...