Leading memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. will construct a new building at its plant site in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, ...

The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily ...

Prioritizing speed, the government is moving to lower the consumption tax on groceries to 1 percent—not the promised zero-percent rate—for a two-year period starting next April, officials said June 2.

Record-setting torrential rain has hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture and western Toyama Prefecture on Aug. 27, ...

Tokyo's stock market plummeted to a six-month low on Aug. 2, with the Nikkei 225 index closing at 35,909.70, down 2,216.63 points, or 5.81 percent, from the previous day's close. This marked the first ...

The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet remains among the highest in Japanese history, as her measures against rising prices proved more popular than those of her predecessors, ...

After businesspeople head home from their offices in the skyscraper district of Nishi-Shinjuku in Tokyo, breakdancers begin ...

A total of 8,341 people in Tokyo were taken by ambulance to hospitals for suspected heatstroke from June through August amid the record summer heat wave in the capital, according to the Tokyo Fire ...

Where others have failed, a supermarket chain offering halal food items has been blessed with a growing clientele of both ...

For watch aficionados, it’s high time to finally see two of the most coveted independent Japanese watch brands they have ...

Kim Yo Jong slams Japan’s Tomahawk test, KCNA says ...

Malaysian former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was charged Thursday with failing to declare his assets, making him the ...