The Saga Prefectural Government on June 5 announced it is preparing to launch a model project aimed at accepting foreign ...

The new cruise ship Asuka III arrived at Yokohama Port in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 2. Many people ...

A Japanese high court on Friday overturned a ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.

TOKYO -- Suspicious messages including threats to "harm as many children as possible" were sent to multiple junior and senior ...

North Korea said Friday it had righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as ...

Rice moves through a multi-layered supply chain in Japan before reaching consumers, a structure that drives up costs and ...

A private lunar lander from Japan apparently crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he welcomes Chinese and other foreign students to study in the United ...

The arch-shaped cenotaph for atomic bomb victims, where the city of Hiroshima holds its annual Aug. 6 peace ceremony, may be ...

Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning on hopes for an easing of trade frictions between the United States and China after the ...

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Japan on Thursday began a review of its rice policy after soaring grain prices hit consumers, aiming to boost production and ...