A Japanese research team has announced the discovery of a substance in Holy Basil that inhibits the proliferation of the ...

A company in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, has not paid wages to around 150 Vietnamese technical trainees for at least one month, ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito turned 91 on Monday, spending most of his daily life peacefully while caring for his wife, ...

A clear gap between major izakaya chains and small businesses is emerging as Japanese-style pubs are seeing more bankruptcies ...

Confusion is mounting as train passengers of lines operating in this central Japan city can now use contactless credit and ...

When the son of a captured Dutch soldier, who had been detained in a Japanese labor camp during World War II, learned about ...

After a shocking video of a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose went viral in 2015, a move to ban plastic straws ...

Reigning world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto clinched her fourth consecutive and fifth national title overall Sunday ...

Fifth-favorite Regaleira became the first three-year-old mare to win the Arima Kinen in 64 years on Sunday, pipping ...

One of Asia's premier film events, the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), concluded in November after ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toho Co., the creator and film producer behind the hit "Godzilla" series, has started using hydrogen-fired ...

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli milita ...