TOKUSHIMA—David Moreton has for years served as a messenger of the cultural appeal of a Buddhist pilgrimage of 88 temples ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on U.S. President Joe Biden to dispel growing concerns in Japanese and U.S. business ...

The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have been informed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki won’t be signing ...

Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new code of conduct – which will ...

Convenience store trainer Jiyu Chen understood the difficulties facing two foreign female part-time workers who listened as ...

A former chancellor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University is believed to have received about 37 million yen ($234,700) in ...

SEOUL--Hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk ...

Although out of reach for most people, new condominiums priced at 100 million yen ($635,300) or more have been sprouting in ...

KYOTO—Excitement filled the air at Imakumanokannonji temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward when four “maiko” (apprentice geisha) ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said the temblor did not heighten the risk of a dreaded Nankai Trough megaquake.

Starting from March, digital tickets to enter Matsumoto Castle will only be sold for assigned dates and times, the city ...

AKITA--A single-department college nestled in a fairly remote forest in this northern prefecture has become a leading hunting ...