Cutting the consumption tax rate has been a clarion call of opposition parties ahead of this month’s House of Councillors ...

The Emperor visited Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday during the Imperial couple’s trip to Mongolia.

The issue of “economy and employment” was cited by the largest proportion of candidates as a central theme of their campaigns ...

A Japan-China agreement necessary to resume China’s imports of Japanese beef is expected to take effect soon, according to ...

South Korea, Japan and the United States conducted a joint air drill on Friday involving a U.S. B-52 strategic bomber and ...

Chinese customs authorities reregistered three Japanese seafood companies on Friday, allowing the firms to resume exporting ...

Heavy rain fell primarily in the northern Kanto and Tohoku regions on Thursday afternoon, with 110 millimeters of ...

The detailed mechanism for the succession of earthquakes occurring off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since June ...

The company plans to begin scenic flights around Osaka Bay and flights between two sites by 2027, using aircraft from U.S.

A bear believed to have mauled an 81-year-old woman to death was culled Friday morning in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, ...

Jordan Westburg homered and drove in three runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Mets 7-3 on Thursday to sweep ...

Hong Kong police announced on Thursday that they arrested four people linked to a Taiwan-based group under a Beijing-imposed ...