Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose on Monday to close above 60,000 for the first time ever, led by gains in ...

A man was attacked by a bear on a mountain in Shimamaki, Hokkaido, on Sunday. A call was made to emergency responders at about 5:05 p.m. to report the attack. According to an announcement by the ...

Congestion at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture reached a peak on Sunday as travelers left Japan to spend the Golden Week holiday period abroad.

The Liberal Democratic Party urged the government to beef up social and industrial structures based on the premise of a “state of emergency” following the prolonged Russian aggression against Ukraine ...

A man traveling on an intercity bus was arrested by police over possession of a knife in Hiroshima on Monday morning.

Iran ‘s foreign minister briefly visited Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan’s political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire negotiations between Tehran and Washington, but U.S.

Japan’s Nikkei climbed to a record high on Monday, underpinned by optimism over corporate earnings and a glimmer of hope ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Hokkaido at 5:24 a.m. on Monday. No tsunami is expected from the earthquake, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity ...

Leaders from major cities from around the world will gather in Tokyo on Monday for the Global City Network for Sustainability ...

The government plans to support universities in 17 strategic fields under a soon-to-be finalized reform plan for human ...

Do the people of Okinawa Prefecture truly want to continue opposing the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in Nago?

An increasing number of people overseas have discovered appealing aspects of Japanese food that even Japanese people had not noticed.