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

Despite Japan’s reputation as a vending machine heaven, inflation has driven some companies that sell canned and bottled drinks to pull out of the industry or drastically reduce the number of machines ...

Okinawa police arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of murdering a local woman at a hotel, a crime that has drawn outrage from ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Oct. 5 devoted about 60 percent of her opening policy speech in the extraordinary Diet ...

The vote by faculty members is considered just one factor in choosing the president. In 2014, under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

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Japan finance minister tells Bessent PM Takaichi is not a reflationist ...

Instead of traditional outdoor activities and cookouts around the campfire at night, children at a specialized “study camp” set up near Mount Fuji were on a different mission.

LOS ANGELES—Shohei Ohtani was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup as designated hitter on Monday night after a four-day break to deal with lingering left knee, right biceps and neck soreness. He ...

Senior Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces officials are expressing deep concerns that the SDF can keep up with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to rapidly expand Japan’s military ...

The labor ministry on Aug. 19 unveiled new guidelines to end urging companies to cap monthly overtime at 45 hours, making it easier for employers to utilize overtime options allowed under the current ...