The government is considering measures to prompt Japanese green tea farmers to shift more production to "tencha" leaves that ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, says he has retired from show business ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone call that the new Donald Trump ...

The Imperial Household Agency said that its official Instagram account showcasing the activities of Japanese Emperor Naruhito ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to skip a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty to be held in New York in March, government sources say.

A Chinese court sentences a man to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September, Japan's ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continues his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, upsetting ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

U.S. federal prosecutors demand a prison term of four years and nine months for Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering not joining the planned merger between Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. and ...