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 ...

New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan.

Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue comfortably retains the undisputed super bantamweight world championship with a ...

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 ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

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

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 ...