A Pokemon nonprofit association official is hoping that the globally popular franchise will help attract sightseers and keep ...

Japan Airlines Co. is offering an in-flight meal whose popularity stems largely from a company in the ground transportation ...

If there’s something strange with the property you seek to buy or rent, who you going to call? In Japan, Kachimode isn’t afraid of no ghosts. The real estate startup based in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward ...

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over reports that her aide was involved in posting videos on social media to disparage her rivals in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, champion for the marginalized and tireless advocate for peace, has died. He ...

The Fair Trade Commission has wrapped up a tricky and lengthy investigation into bid-rigging for condominium repair projects, a collusive practice that apparently became a normal part of doing ...

Six people have died and one is missing after record-breaking rainfall triggered the highest-level emergency warnings and ...

Activist investors, sometimes likened to the “Black Ships” that forced Japan to open its borders, are increasingly pushing companies to “open” their boardrooms. The number of proposals from ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Ferran Torres’ first goal of this year’s World Cup was the goal of his life, and it put Spain back atop the soccer world. Denying Lionel Messi a second straight title in what he ...

WASHINGTON—The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS ...

VOX POPULI: Simple gestures sometimes hold more meaning than words alone ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.