Rows of harvested rice stacked to dry in the sun now line the Owarabi terraced rice fields here, creating a traditional ...

The Okinawa prefectural assembly adopted a resolution calling on the U.S. military to take action to prevent a recurrence ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 ...

Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, appears on course to overtake Sweden's H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB ...

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to temporarily cut the consumption tax on food and drink and implement an ...

Teruaki Sato of the Central League-winning Hanshin Tigers became the first Triple Crown winner since Munetaka Murakami i ...

Prudential Life Insurance Co. said Thursday a third-party probe by lawyers found that more than 100 former and current ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met senior officials from major ministries and agencies far less often during her ...

Finishing off the Atlanta Braves in four games in the NL Division Series meant more to the Los Angeles Dodgers than avoiding a winner- ...

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revised its family allowance system for staff at embassies and other diplomatic missions abroad, with ...

Japanese organic chemist Kenso Soai, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with a French scientist a day earlier, said ...

Japan's government is considering financial support for small and midsize farmers to offset lost revenue from a planned cut in the co ...