Japan lags many other countries in addressing gender inequality, particularly in raising the share of women in leadership ...

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials met in London on Monday, with a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump expecting ...

A 4-meter-long sinkhole opened near a busy shopping district in central Fukuoka on Tuesday morning, forcing a closure of the area, though no injuries were reported.

Japan will set a goal of reducing a March estimate of up to 298,000 deaths from a potential megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough by around 80 percent over the next 10 years, government and ruling ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agree to build stable bilateral ties amid ...

A planned trial run for displaying Japanese political advertisements on convenience stores' electronic signage screens has been canceled, an association promoting the digitalization of election ...

Over 70 countries are set to call for targets to reduce plastic production and consumption worldwide to combat marine pollution in a joint statement to be issued at the U.N. Ocean Conference this week ...