Elderly widowers are two times more at risk of developing dementia or dying, while female seniors tend to experience ...

YORII, Saitama Prefecture--For Keisuke Hashimoto, “mizukiri” stone skipping is not just flinging a rock and watching it bounce across the water. He thinks the challenge could even contribute to world ...

Japan’s tea growers and traders are racing to protect the hard-won reputation of the Japanese beverage from being diluted by foreign copies.

As a boy, Guts Ishimatsu loved rainy days. Rain meant his mother would be home. She picked up daily work on road crews, ...

The Defense Ministry is considering adopting a U.S. military artificial-intelligence system for the Self-Defense Forces’ ...

Although the feared double-typhoon threat has been averted, powerful Typhoon No. 7 remains on course and is expected to ...

The abundance of pink cleats at the FIFA World Cup is likely just a coincidence stemming from sportswear companies’ focus on ...

The government moved closer to passing legislation to revise the Imperial House Law to secure a sustainable number of ...

The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela’s northern coast, killing more than 180 people, were an event known as a ...

Tokyo police wrongfully arrested and detained a Nepalese man on June 25 after failing to recognize his new, officially ...

BEIRUT—Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn said calls by some shareholders for his return reflected deep anger over years of ...

Two years after merger talks sputtered to a halt, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are trying to jump-start a much ...