Domestic cultivation of fresh salmon and trout, species that are mainly imported to Japan, is rapidly increasing, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi eschewed “remorse” or “pledge never to wage war” in her war anniversary speech a year after her ...

Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on ‌Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told ...

For Japan, crude oil procurement costs remain high and elevated prices are weighing on corporate activity. Even though the ...

News reports that show mountains of rubble in Ukraine, Gaza or Iran may remind a number of Japanese of what their nation ...

Look up “yohai” in Kojien, one of Japan’s best-known and most authoritative dictionaries, and it defines the word as meaning ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. dipped into slush funds worth 1.7 billion yen ($10.8 million) to entertain and provide gifts ...

The National Police Agency said March 21 it will eliminate skirts from police uniform options starting in April and offer ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, causing casualties, damaging or destroying infrastructure and disrupting ...

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 ...

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 ...