An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck northeastern Japan on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued, ...

A luxury hotel created by renovating the Former Nara Prison, a nationally designated important cultural property, was ...

TOKYO -- A draft outline of the Japanese government's "basic policy" on economic and fiscal management, to be formulated in ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani picked up his eighth win of the season and drove in a run in his club ...

Household assets in Japan at the end of March stood at 2,386 trillion yen ($15 trillion), up 7.1 percent from a year earlier, ...

Koizumi also attended the ceremony in the city's Peace Park and reflected on the event on his social media account, noting ...

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Japan's Emperor Naruhito and King Philippe on Wednesday visited KU Leuven, a prestigious university in central Belgium and ...

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A group of four cities and one town in Shizuoka Prefecture around Mount Fuji on June 19 asked Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki to create ...

A food maker and pastry chef in central Japan on Wednesday showcased chocolates made entirely from domestically grown cacao, ...

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.