Prolonged high crude oil prices and shortages of oil-derived naphtha are casting a serious shadow over daily life in Japan.

MORIOKA -- Some 85% of nurses in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan said they think about quitting their jobs either ...

The U.S. dollar strengthened to a roughly three-week high at the 160 yen level in New York on Wednesday following the release ...

Google's transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady as the Iran war drives up energy prices and ...

The United States and Britain secretly agreed in the early stages of the Cold War to the reciprocal use of military bases ...

An azalea plant taller than people is in bloom with bright red flowers. An azalea festival is being held at Ukidakekohkajuen ...

Uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks to end their conflict is making it hard for Asian countries to secure stable crude oil ...

A hotel stay in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, will soon double as a small act of animal welfare under a new project ...

The body positivity movement may have cooled since its 2010s peak, but Japan's plus-size industry remains resilient thanks to ...

More than two months after her party's landslide victory in the general election, a series of local election defeats have ...

A man with a hammer struck a high school student on the head and sprayed an unknown substance at multiple police officers who ...