Japanese junior and senior high school uniforms are undergoing a wave of major transformations not seen in decades, with some ...

KOCHI—U.S. President Donald Trump’s complaint about Japan not deploying troops to support the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran brought back a teacher’s fond memories of a student and his letter addressed ...

NAGOYA--Kintetsu Railway Co. said it will start operating a restaurant train featuring French cuisine with local products on ...

OSAKA—A fleet of electric-powered buses used to shuttle attendees during the Osaka Kansai Expo now function more as an eyesore than an emblem in a “graveyard” estimated to be worth billions of yen.

Southeast Asian leaders met in an annual summit Friday under intense pressure to mitigate the impact on their people and ...

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

Rosemary Okui Arocha has firsthand experience of how a single mistranslation can irreparably change someone's life forever.

Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, attended the 41st World Veterinary Association Congress ...

OSAKA--As Universal Studios Japan in this western metropolis celebrates its 25th anniversary, a current limited-time event ...

Asian stocks retreated and oil prices rose on Friday as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone ...

OSAKA—A little over a month before its opening, the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo is already making the records book.