Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending ...

The Bank of Japan on Thursday upgraded its assessment for two of the nation's nine regional economies as demand for ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met senior officials from major ministries and agencies far less often during her ...

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revised its family allowance system for staff at embassies and other diplomatic missions abroad, with ...

Demand for English-language international schools is surging among Cambodia's wealthy as families seek better educational ...

Shohei Ohtani went hitless but stole a base and scored a game-tying run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves ...

A charity event supporting people in the Gaza Strip through knitting was held at a temple in the Japanese capital Oct. 6.

TATEBAYASHI, Gunma -- Three maintenance hole covers featuring the main characters from the TV anime "A Place Further than the ...

A team from Japan's comprehensive research institution Riken identified for the first time a protein that extends lifespan ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi, who created the concept of a "strategic and mutually ...

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Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday, with the Nikkei stock index falling below the 70,000 line, tracking overnight Wall Street ...