Japanese people traditionally eat grilled eel on the midsummer Day of the Ox, believing it helps replenish energy and endure ...

Washington gave no immediate explanation of why it had abruptly halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.

The legislation’s passage ended a week of intense debate and cleared the way for parliament to end Saturday after 158 days.

Severe weather forecasts had spurred authorities to evacuate more than 340,000 people and suspend work and rail services.

The concept of “coolcations” — vacations in a cooler clime — has been gathering pace in recent years and appears to have ...

Kazuya Ono’s story offers not only hope for what that future might look like, but a concrete example of success.

Wedding cash gifts in Japan remain fixed at ¥30,000 even as inflation drives ceremony costs higher, leaving newlyweds to ...

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday decided to inscribe Japan’s Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological ...

Takaichi is set to appear at the Lower House Budget Committee during a review that follows Saturday’s adjournment of ...

Income and pension requirements are expected to be part of revised requirements for foreign residents seeking the status.

Abandoned by his mother and spurned by some peers, the young macaque shot to stardom after he was seen clinging to a plush ...

The Ukrainian leader said North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional ballistic missile launchers to Russia.