MITO--Yasuko Yasuhara, once a top party hostess in this Ibaraki prefectural capital, made an inevitable career shift as she ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have ...

Nearly 60 percent of households in Japan struggled last year to make ends meet, a survey by the welfare ministry showed.

Japan was set to dispatch its chief tariff negotiator to the United States for an eighth round of ministerial-level talks but ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

TSU--For the time being, the Bank of Japan will hold off on interest rate hikes while it closely monitors developments in the ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--More residents have decided to flee Akusekijima island after yet another strong earthquake.

NAHA—In a rare and significant move, senior officials from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa Prefecture formally ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...