At a temple in Nara, people drink matcha green tea from big, unwieldy bowls for an annual tradition that dates back centuries ...

US tech firm Oracle says it will invest more than 8 billion dollars in Japan over the next 10 years to meet growing demand ...

Toyota Motor has issued a recall for about 211,000 Prius vehicles worldwide due to a risk the rear doors could open during ...

European Union leaders have agreed to step up sanctions against Iran. The move is in response to the country's large-scale ...

China's foreign minister Wang Yi has met his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta. They discussed the South China ...

Group of Seven foreign ministers are discussing their response to Iran's massive attack on Israel last weekend. Japanese ...

A court in Japan has ordered a firm responsible for the mercury poisoning in Niigata Prefecture decades ago to pay damages to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains adamant about a possible retaliatory strike against Iran in response to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he is determined to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order, ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda has met with former US President and Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump ...

Executives in Japan and the US are trying to ease concerns about a controversial takeover deal. They say Nippon Steel's plans ...

Japanese businesses are facing a growing problem of new recruits who quit shortly after they join their companies in April, ...