The climbing season officially opened on Mount Fuji on July 1, and experts are already warning visitors, particularly ...

The yen plunged to a nearly 40-year low on June 30, hitting the 162-yen mark against the dollar in a historic slide that an ...

Price hikes to food and beverage products this year are on track to reach 20,000 items for the second year in a row, largely ...

TAIPEI—China’s newest and most powerful of its three aircraft carriers sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains, with South Korea’s stock market rebounding after sharp ...

Electric utilities’ secret recordings of court proceedings were aimed at collecting as much information as possible—including ...

Delving into issues of discrimination against ethnic Koreans in Japan, a short manga titled “Nagai Ana” (Long tunnel) by Osamu Tezuka has been republished more than half a century after its debut in ...

Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for a fifth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said in ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, ...

Japan has selected Noetra Corp., a new company backed by multiple firms, for a “physical artificial intelligence” project ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reiterated ‌on Tuesday that authorities stood ready to respond to currency ⁠moves, ...

Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. will open its first directly operated permanent flagship bar on July 2 in Tokyo’s Omotesando ...