A total of 80.4 percent of Japanese respondents support preserving the practice of writing by hand, although about a third ...

Four Japanese prefectures are likely to be eligible to apply for designation as a "second capital" backup region for Tokyo in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani agreed Friday to ...

Not-so-outlandish, prognosticators say: The Nobel Peace Prize this year could go galactic, with an award to the Internationa ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. began work Friday to insert a remote-controlled robotic arm into the containment ...

Following the liquor tax revision in Japan that took effect on Oct. 1, retailers have begun cutting prices on beer, which is now subject to a ...

A Japanese manufacturer of cooking and home appliances has been selling craft beer made with upcycled rice in the hopes of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Oct. 1 that retailers could suffer reputational damage if they failed to pass a planned consumpti ...

Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday as investors locked in gains after the Nikkei stock index surged over 3 percent the previous ...

No matter how strongly leaders seek to check the yen's slide, their efforts will remain no more than a temporary fix. Japan ...

West Japan Railway Co. announced that the lead car of the Doctor Yellow inspection train, which will be retired from service ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe has suffered a malfunction in the last of its working ion engines, an official of the country's ...