Japan is marking 60 years of sending volunteers overseas to help countries develop. The anniversary comes as international ...

Japan's Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, has visited her grandparents, Emperor Emeritus ...

Tohoku University says it will continue working to meet the needs of foreign students and nurture the world's leading ...

Hong Kong's high-rise fires left more than 140 people dead and survivors searching for answers. Now, experts suggest why it ...

Governor Ueda Kazuo says the Bank of Japan will consider the pros and cons of raising the benchmark interest rate at its next ...

Japan's Finance Ministry says the combined ordinary profits of Japanese companies rose 19.7 percent in the July-September ...

The defense team for the leader of the religious group formerly known as the Unification Church has denied all charges at the ...

Japan's health insurance cards expire on Dec. 1. The government is encouraging residents to sign up to integrate the cards ...

A Polish apprentice in Japan devotes his life to bonsai under a legendary master whose garden draws visitors from around the ...

Japanese researchers have launched a large-scale project to excavate houses buried by ash during an eruption of Mount Fuji ...

People in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, have cut down Japanese pampas grass on a mountain to prepare for winter.

China's factory activity remained in contraction for the eighth straight month in November. New orders were sluggish in the ...