Convenience store sales in Japan rose 0.3 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the second straight month of increase, helpe ...

The number of accommodation guests in Yamanashi Prefecture reached 4.322 million in the first half of 2026, about 100,000 ...

The United States and China have agreed to extend their trade truce by two months until Jan. 10, Treasury Secretary Scott ...

SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday it will raise $11.1 billion to finance the final tranche of a $30 billion investment in ...

The municipal government here has added a package featuring a "thrilling suspension bridge" walk and a zip line ride near the Nanma Dam to its lineup of return gifts offered through Japan's hometown ...

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee apologized Sept. 22 for a series of problems in the operation of the sporting event, inclu ...

In a Sept. 22 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoided delving ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is the only obstacle to ending ...

A 99-year lease of the strategically important Port of Darwin to China's Landbridge Group has again become a source of te ...

Passengers were evacuated from an All Nippon Airways plane at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday night after it ...

Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday on buying of artificial intelligence-related shares following advances by their U.S.

Shohei Ohtani was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup on Wednesday after missing two weeks with right biceps discomfort.