The man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday during the trial that he thought ...

The health ministry was expected to propose Thursday that standard childbirth costs be covered entirely by public health ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education began full-fledged discussions to increase the number of metropolitan high schools ...

BANGKOK — Shimamura Co., the operator of casual clothing chains, opened a shop in central Bangkok on Tuesday as its first ...

Vivid projections of images of Nio guardian deities and dragons are seen at Sensoji temple in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday ...

The Japanese government is expected to lower the state-set prices of drugs in its fiscal 2026 revision after a health ...

Southeast Asia is being pummeled by unusually severe floods this year, as late-arriving storms and relentless rains wreak ...

Akie Abe, the widow of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday at the trial of ...

More Japanese universities and graduate schools are offering programs taught in English. The objective is to open doors for ...

Shinobu Sakamoto, a fetal patient of Minamata disease, a form of mercury poisoning caused by polluted industrial wastewater, ...

Heavy snow is expected across a wide area in Japan starting tonight as a winter-type pressure pattern develops from the west.

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, as tech stocks tracked Wall Street’s overnight gains on growing prospects of ...