Japan's exports of food, forestry and fishery products hit a record high for the second straight year in the first half of ...

The Kanto Festival in Akita City, northeastern Japan, opened on Monday, with thousands of paper lanterns strung on bamboo ...

Half of the US states have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's newly imposed tariffs. The levies ...

Japan's three major financial groups have posted record net profits for the three months to June, partly thanks to a boost in ...

The powerful earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture last week has dealt a blow to local agriculture and fisheries industries.

Traditional Japanese crafts combine natural materials and age-old techniques. Mass-produced goods have led to less demand, ...

Powerful Typhoon Dolphin was advancing west while battering some parts of Tokyo's Ogasawara Islands on Tuesday.

A major beverage maker has started selling bottled mineral water without labels in some vending machines in Tokyo. Coca-Cola ...

Families and friends are mourning the deaths of their loved ones in quake-stricken Kumamoto Prefecture. A wake was held on ...

A pitch clock -- a mechanism designed to limit how long a pitcher can take between pitches -- is set to be introduced in ...

People in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture are marking one week since a powerful earthquake struck the region, causing deaths and ...

A Japanese organization working on measures against climate change has released a video that features fictional weather ...