The University of Tokyo announced on Aug. 4 that it had taken disciplinary action against a professor in their 60s for ...

A research group from Ehime University's Paper Industry Innovation Center in this western Japan city and its Graduate School ...

Japan's Cabinet approved Wednesday a plan to lower the consumption tax rate on food and beverages to 1 percent from the ...

A man who was reportedly covered in blood and wielding a kitchen knife died after being shot by police in Osaka Prefecture on ...

The responsibility for securing confidence in the yen as a currency rests with the Japanese government. Relying on the United ...

The United States sees the substantial undervaluation of the Japanese yen as a serious risk to economic stability in Asia, ...

A new novel in Keigo Higashino's best-selling Galileo mystery series went on sale Wednesday, less than two weeks after the ...

Dory Funk Jr., an American professional wrestler who also gained popularity in Japan as one half of a tag team with his late ...

A memorial service for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima was held Wednesday in the western Japan ...

A Baird's beaked whale has been landed at Wada fishing port in the city of Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture. Forty fifth grade ...

The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned Japan's recent test-firing of a Tomahawk cruise ...

A temple in this disaster-hit town is opening its own plastic pool on its grounds to children every day, offering them a ...