The Japanese government has decided to earmark over 1.6 trillion yen, or around 10 billion dollars, in its next five-year ...

South Korea's spy agency has confirmed that a North Korean soldier fighting on the Russian side was captured by the Ukrainian ...

Policymakers at Japan's central bank decided to maintain interest rates at a meeting last week. But a summary of opinions ...

Japan's top government spokesperson expressed condolences on Friday over the death of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan ...

Influenza is on the rise across Japan, with weekly case counts increasing in all 47 prefectures. The National Institute of ...

A committee probing a slush fund scandal involving Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries says the firm had engaged in misconduct for decades by wrongfully providing goods to members of the Japan Maritime ...

This time, the masterpiece we share is Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, also known as Eroica, conducted by Yamada ...

This curry rice bento, made with local spices and beef, comes in Arita porcelain ware, a 400-year-old art treasured by ...

A mobile food cart selling a traditional Japanese sweet has been plying the streets of Fukuoka for over 75 years. For three ...

The Japanese government intends to set new targets for cutting the country's greenhouse gas emissions as part of a plan to fight global warming. The government compiled the plan at a meeting on Friday ...

Overseas-bound travelers are crowding an international airport in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, ahead of the year ...

Sources say Chinese authorities have indicted suspects in two stabbing attacks whose victims included Japanese nationals.