The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally ...

Nobuhiro Motohashi, the ghostwriter for “Hikaru Genji e,” a 1988 book by Koji Kita about Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual abuse, in ...

Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday as renewed fighting threatened the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. U.S. futures also fell. Japan’s ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that maintaining the political status quo is the most ‌responsible ...

An illegally constructed mosque is now operating and drawing numerous worshippers on land in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, ...

So is the “Open Yokohama” logo mark created by the city in 2009 to represent its future. In 1968, Yokohama’s association with ...

In a seismic shift, shares of SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) surged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 1, lifting its market ...

Oil prices rose Monday following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 2 began the delicate process of removing nuclear fuel assemblies from the storage pool at ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 1 approved a draft bill to criminalize the desecration of the national flag, a ...

Shoppers in Japan are seeing the effects of the energy and supply shocks triggered by the Middle East conflict on store ...

FUKUSHIMA--Four people were mauled in bear attacks here on June 2, while an elderly woman likely attacked by a bear was found ...