Japan and the U.S. on Friday explored the possibility of a trade agreement, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, told a briefing, while refraining from commenting how close they are to ...

Video footage of Princess Kako snoozing during a recent flight in Brazil left the Imperial Household Agency fuming and asking ...

Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...

WASHINGTONｰｰPresident Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have finalized a plan to provide cash to the public ...

A sturdy steel gate now greets those wishing to climb 3,776-meter Mount Fuji from the fifth station of the Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the sacred mountain.

People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even ...

Mysterious geometric patterns dubbed “underwater crop circles” are appearing on the seafloor as the spawning season of a ...

UTSUNOMIYA—At 26, Koyo Matsuura has reached the average age of retirement for footballers, but the amateur player keeps ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

The new prime minister of Mongolia has pledged to address the economic demands of protesters after their daily rallies led to ...

A veterinarian has died after showing symptoms consistent with a potentially deadly infectious disease transmitted by ticks ...