A Chinese court’s sentencing of a Japanese man to 3½ years in prison for allegedly engaging in espionage could deal a setback ...

I’m a woman in my 70s working in agriculture. My granddaughter, a fifth-grade elementary school student, has stopped going to school. She does not appear to have changed but spends all day on her ...

NARITA, Chiba – Narita Airport is facing the busiest time of year for live eel imports as it gets closer to the Day of the Ox ...

The National Police Agency announced Thursday its plan to request overseas casino operators and services that lead to online ...

The government has set a goal of increasing the annual number of foreign visitors to 60 million and their consumption to ¥15 ...

A major U.S. electric power company intends to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as ...

Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated to Kagoshima City and other locations ...

The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards came to ¥130.64 million in January-June, hitting a record high, a think tank said Thursday.

A procession of yamahoko floats was held at the Gion Festival in Kyoto on Thursday, a traditional event that has continued ...

The first sumo tournament featuring two yokozuna in five years lost one of its featured wrestlers after just five days.

To realize wage increases that will overcome rising prices, it is essential to strengthen the earning power of companies. In the ongoing House of Councillors election campaign, political parties ...

China cannot be called a nation governed by the rule of law, considering that, throughout the legal proceedings, it was never sufficiently specified what kind of conduct allegedly violated the law.