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

“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” ...

VOX POPULI: A century-old Okinawan community holds fast in Yokohama ...

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 ...

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

Summer is peak demand season at a men’s grooming clinic in Japan, where appointments are becoming harder to get as scores ...

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