Japan must raise interest rates and get its fiscal house in order to strengthen a weak yen that has pushed up inflation and ...

SHIZUOKA--Lawyers for former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata plan to sue the government for about 600 million yen ($4 million) ...

The organizers of the Osaka Kansai Expo on Aug. 18 announced that ticket sales have crossed the 96.9 billion yen ($656 ...

Japan’s struggling national hockey team of disabled players has run into a new problem that threatens to put its Winter ...

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday discussed border peace, trade ...

OSAKA—Visitors stranded in the sweltering heat at the Osaka Kansai Expo venue lashed out at organizers, saying they failed to ...

The Defense Ministry plans to seek a record 8.8 trillion yen ($60 billion) in its budget request for fiscal 2026, emphasizing ...

OSAKA—Two firefighters died and four others were injured after a fire broke out on Aug. 18 along the Dotonborigawa river in Osaka’s bustling Minami district.

Four years after swapping her pompoms for a chef’s knife, Masako Morishita earned one of the most prestigious accolades in ...

Shiv Kumar Gautam, a 23-year-old student who came to Japan as a teenager, nearly gave up his plans to advance to higher ...

MANILA–Two suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of two Japanese tourists here, local authorities announced on Aug. 18.

The word “remorse” appeared for the first time in 13 years in the prime minister’s address at an annual memorial service to ...