Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that the government must prioritize ...

Nagano Mayor Kenji Ogiwara, a two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist, and Gaku Hirasawa, a former Olympic athlete and mayor of ...

Ozeki Onosato defeated ozeki Kotozakura on Friday to win his second consecutive tournament, on the 13th day of the Summer ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone on Friday. They discussed U.S. tariffs ...

Princess Aiko, the daughter of the Emperor and Empress, may make an official visit to Laos in November to mark the 70th ...

A Thai court on Thursday ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than 10 billion baht ($304 ...

Japan’s core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday, raising ...

Toyota Motor Corp. announced the company is set to launch a new electric SUV model in the United States and Japan in 2026.

A national security panel was divided in its recommendation to President Donald Trump on Nippon Steel 5401.T’s bid for U.S.

Thirty-seven people complained of eye, throat and other pain after pepper spray was used inside a multistory parking lot at a ...

The fourth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations will take place around May 30, as the two governments have agreed to hold ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rallied on Friday, supported by falling U.S. Treasury yields and a weaker yen, but still ...