The support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plummeted to 31%, while the disapproval rate increased to ...

A woman was arrested Nov. 23 on suspicion of leaving her then 8-year-old daughter, who had brain damage and needed suctioning ...

Ichiro Hirosawa, a former vice mayor of Nagoya, won the mayoral election in the city on Sunday, succeeding Takashi Kawamura, ...

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of ...

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank plans to launch a financial product for wealthy clients, with all investment profits ...

Some 78% of Nihon Michelin Tire Co. workers are satisfied with the company headquarters' move from the bright lights of Tokyo ...

UTSUNOMIYA -- "Relationships with friends" has emerged as the top reason for elementary and junior high school students ...

Forty years after its founding, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has more than 2,500 stores worldwide. Sales at its parent ...

Taiwan won a historic victory Sunday when Chen Chieh-hsien beat previously undefeated Japan with his glove and bat to win the ...

IZUMISANO, Osaka -- Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. is set to resume serving hot "takoyaki" octopus balls on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday as sentiment was lifted by advances on Wall Street late last week. In the ...

The U.S. military will set up temporary bases along Japan's southwestern Nansei island chain and the Philippines to deploy ...