About 7.6% of students at four prestigious private universities in west Japan's Kansai area said the use of illegal drugs is ...

New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi showed her eagerness on Thursday to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, renewing ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is arranging her first telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump for ...

Japan's core consumer prices in September rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, driven by higher energy prices, government ...

For centuries, the rich aroma of grilled eel has been woven into Japan's culinary landscape -- its glossy, sweet-savory sauce ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will leave late Friday for his first trip to Asia of his second term, during which he will visit ...

The operator of Huis Ten Bosch, a Dutch-themed seaside resort in southwestern Japan, said Thursday it will open a new indoor ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for hiking the departure tax from the current 1,000 yen ($7) per ...

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A 33-year-old former head of a judo school, accused of crimes including repeated sexual assault of his students, was ...

Fuku Amagawa is 102 years old and still works at her family's ramen restaurant, Ginkatei, in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. She ...

Japan's new education minister Yohei Matsumoto was one backer of a 2007 movie that cast doubt on the factuality of the ...