Rice in Japan's supermarkets hit a record-high average of 4,220 yen including tax (some $30) for 5 kilograms over April 14 to ...

Two people died in a collision caused by a driver going the wrong way on an east Japan expressway April 26. Some 20% of the ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Tuesday that automated teller machines were unavailable at 50 locations, mainly in Hyogo ...

The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago said Tuesday they are planning to meet with U.S.

American singer Cyndi Lauper visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters April 27 and met with Gov. Yuriko Koike.

TSU -- A group of photo stores in central Japan's Mie Prefecture will conduct a "photo memorial service" at a temple here on ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Monday called for "dialogue and collaboration" to advance ...

People with lifestyle-related diseases risk hospitalization from heatstroke at a rate two to five times higher than those ...

Three years have passed since Satsuki and Minato, who are in their 30s and live in the Chugoku region of western Japan, agr ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is traveling to the Philippines on Tuesday seeking to further boost an alliance in ...

No one should be left out of aid for political reasons. One month has passed since a major earthquake struck central Myanmar.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan, are ...