Japan's farm ministry said Friday it would set its rice production target for 2026 at 7.11 million tons in line with the maximum estimated demand, marking a shift away from the previous administration ...

Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by ...

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities around the country were again causing delays at airports on Friday as the government shutdown neared the one-month mark. U.S.

American publishing giant National Geographic revealed its annual “Best of the World” travel destinations last week, and this year’s list includes only one location in Japan. While readers may ...

Making electric vehicles and their batteries is a dirty process that uses a lot of energy. But a new study says that EVs quickly make up for that with less overall emissions through two years of use ...

Apartment hotels equipped with in-room kitchens and home appliances are on the rise in Japan on the back of their popularity among foreign tourists seeking stays in home-like environments, creating ...

As Air Force One took off from South Korea's Busan airport after U.S.-China talks on Thursday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's Hongqi N701 limousine whisked him off to the Asia-Pacific Economic ...

Before we get into the meat of this article, let’s start with a linguistics appetizer. Pretty much anyone with a passing interest in the Japanese language, or even Japanese culture in general, knows ...

Composer William Barnett started his YouTube channel as an outlet for his music -- but today he also uses it to debunk the steady stream of White House rhetoric on autism while sharing his own ...

U.S. tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies ...

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the west African country. Trump announced Friday ...

The mayor of a seaside city southwest of Tokyo who was accused of falsifying her educational background lost her job Friday after the municipal assembly adopted a second no-confidence resolution ...