CHIBA—After retiring at age 60, Hiromu Inada took up swimming to shed fat from his overweight body. Three decades later, at ...

A major Japanese oil company has acknowledged obtaining petroleum from Russia for the first time since the Strait of Hormuz ...

The Asahi Shimbun’s Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, set up a memorial altar and special room dedicated to a ...

And after her Liberal Democratic Party won more than two-thirds of the seats in the February Lower House election, the ...

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court ...

JMA warns about s evere weather in eastern Japan, southwestern isl ands. The Japan Meteorological Agency on May 4 urged ...

SYDNEY--Australia and Japan agreed on Monday to deepen cooperation on energy and critical minerals, ‌as Japan Prime Minister ...

Rallies and gatherings both in favor and opposed to constitutional revision were held on May 3, Constitution Day, a national ...

SINGAPORE--The yen strengthened suddenly against the dollar ‌on Monday with markets on alert for action by ⁠authorities ...

This is part of a series on issues surrounding freedom of speech, focusing on ”justice” in society where social media and ...

HIROSHIMA--As wars and turbulent politics swirl across the globe, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum here offers a place of ...

Sanrio Co. is jumping into the business of video games in earnest. The holder of Hello Kitty and other popular characters is ...