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 ...

Israel on June 13 mounted a sustained offensive against Iran by targeting nuclear and military sites as well as other ...

The head of Japan’s meteorological agency dismissed a rumor taking Hong Kong by storm about a major earthquake hitting Japan ...

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

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

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

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

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, ...

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

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

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