The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States announced new initiatives Tuesday on maritime security, port infrastructure and energy, as the group known as the Quad seeks to ...

The Japanese government will compile a supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 totaling more than 3 trillion yen ($19 billion) to brace for higher energy prices amid prolonged tensions in the Middle East ...

Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches ...

Houston Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai and relievers Steven Okert and Alimber Santa combined to throw a no-hitter in a 9-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night. It was the first no-hitter in ...

The bodies of two men and one women were found in a house in Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture, on Sunday. According to police, a female relative of the occupants called 110 at around 4 p.m. and said that ...

The Japanese government is leaning toward the idea of cutting the current 8 percent consumption tax on food to 1 percent, rather than zero as pledged earlier, for faster introduction to tackle the ...

A Skymark Airlines passenger jet made an emergency landing at Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday after detecting a tire problem, with one of its tires later found ruptured, the transport ministry said. No ...

Izakaya are a unique part of Japanese food culture. Their closest analogy would be pubs, since izakaya serve a wide variety of alcoholic drinks and food meant to be paired with such beverages. Their ...

Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its U.S.-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment. Huawei ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police have placed a 42-year-old man on a nationwide wanted list in connection with the murders of a 74-year-old woman and her 52-year-old daughter at their home in Tatsuno City, ...

Nissan Motor Co has withdrawn a plan to manufacture powertrains for electric vehicles in Britain, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday, as the struggling Japanese automaker reviews its ...

Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and ‌widely regarded as the father of Japan's convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May ‌18, Seven & i Holdings said ⁠on Monday. He ...