Campaigning began Friday for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, with the capital's police stepping up measures to ...

Major Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. is set to renew the coffee machines it places near counters at stores ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday effectively approved a deal for Nippon Steel Corp. to acquire United States Steel Corp.

Japan's House of Councillors election is set to be held on July 20, with official campaigning to begin on July 3, after Prime ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator on Friday made a last-ditch effort to smooth the way for a mutually beneficial trade deal at ...

The mayor of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture announced on June 10 that the popular hot spring resort town intends to introduce ...

Typhoon Wutip, landed in Basuo township at a sever tropical storm level in the city of Dongfang in Hainan province, according ...

The Hokkaido Prefectural Government will hand out vouchers or digital coupons worth 5,240 yen (about $36) to purchase rice ...

TOKYO -- Villains from the "Star Wars" movie franchise suddenly appeared in the neon-lit streets of Tokyo's Kabukicho ...

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a pension reform law that will scrap a 1.06 million yen ($7,400) annual income threshold ...