Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka formally announced his candidacy on Sept. 29 for the Oct. 18 rerun mayoral election, ...

At a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United ...

The prices of 3,153 food and beverage items in Japan are set to rise next month as higher packaging costs stemming from the ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Wednesday to meet with people a ...

The Japanese government is set to submit to the Diet a bill to mandate disclosure of so-called beneficial ownership of legal ...

Uber Japan, Japan Post Co. and others announced on Sept. 29 that they will launch a service allowing people to book public ...

"They could have stopped him," Trump said, referring to the failure of previous U.S. presidents to curb North Korea's nuclear ...

Japan's industrial output in August fell 1.7 percent from the previous month, as production in the auto sector slowed, ...

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters Tuesday that China has a positive view of promoting economic ...

The Hitachinokuni Long Trail, which takes hikers through forests and mountain village landscapes across six municipalities in ...

Japan's Ko Ochiai ran to victory in the men's 800-meter final Tuesday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in a meet-record 1 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Mongolian Prime Minister Nyam-Osor Uchral on Tuesday vowed to further deepen ties ...