The climbing season officially opened on Mount Fuji on July 1, and experts are already warning visitors, particularly ...

The yen plunged to a nearly 40-year low on June 30, hitting the 162-yen mark against the dollar in a historic slide that an ...

Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains, with South Korea’s stock market rebounding after sharp ...

Chubu Electric Power Co. continued manipulating key earthquake data concerning the seismic design of its Hamaoka nuclear ...

Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for a fifth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said in ...

Price hikes to food and beverage products this year are on track to reach 20,000 items for the second year in a row, largely ...

TAIPEI—China’s newest and most powerful of its three aircraft carriers sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the ...

In the first round of the FIFA World Cup knockout stage, Japan’s Samurai Blue national team was defeated by Brazil 2-1 on ...

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, ...

As a bill to criminalize the desecration of the national flag heads toward passage in the current Diet session, modern artist ...

Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. will open its first directly operated permanent flagship bar on July 2 in Tokyo’s Omotesando ...