With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba having decided to resign, the focus has now shifted to when he will make it official.

There was just about one week remaining until the Aug. 1 deadline when Japan and the United States reached a 15% tariff deal.

Temperatures surged in Hokkaido on Thursday. Kitami recorded a new all-time high of 39.0 C at 2:31 p.m. Several other cities also marked new hottest-ever readings, including Tsubetsu with 38.4 C, ...

Eleven yamahoko floats, gleaming under the scorching sun, paraded through Kyoto for the ato matsuri, or later festival, of the Gion Festival, a traditional event dating back to the Heian period ...

ISUMI, Chiba — The harvesting of a super-early type of rice is underway at a farm in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture. Gohyakugawa ...

An engine firing test for the new mainstay H3 rocket was conducted without any major problems at the Tanegashima Space Center ...

A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia on Thursday, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute ...

TAKAMATSU – A gymnasium designed by world-renowned architect Kenzo Tange (1913–2005) in Takamatsu is scheduled for demolition ...

Air traffic controllers lost contact on Thursday with an An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people in Russia’s far east, and a search was under way, the regional governor said.

Negotiations over the high tariff policy, which had been the biggest issue between Japan and the United States, have been settled. The agreement can be praised for having eliminated uncertainty about ...

In the scorching summer heat on July 7, Kinpusenji temple in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, held a traditional and peculiar festival, which features a performer in a frog costume leaping and hopping.

South Korean police raided offices at the headquarters of K-pop agency HYBE on Thursday over allegations of unfair share ...