Japan set a second-straight monthly record for visitors in July, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen and summer ...

Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government ...

Local authorities have removed a screen blocking an iconic view of Mount Fuji hovering over a convenience store here ...

KUMAMOTO—Teleworking and staggered work hours will be making a comeback at municipal and prefectural governments here, but ...

A rapid depreciation of Myanmar’s currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture—Video game fans of all ages can get their fix at the Nintendo Museum, where they can experience the ...

Participants of the panel discussion in the Asahi World Forum 2024, “Protecting the Earth's Future―What You Can Do to Combat ...

SAPPORO—The Supreme Court’s First Petty Bench rejected the appeals of both the Hokkaido prefectural government and a male ...

Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has decided to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential ...

Two days before the start of removal of debris from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on a trial basis, a facility here ...

The Defense Ministry on Aug. 20 began driving piles to solidify the soft seabed in Oura Bay on the north side of Henoko for ...

It has been about one month since I first saw a sign in the rice aisle of my local supermarket in Tokyo that said, “The rice ...