Japan's rice prices rose to a record average of 4,233 yen ($30) per 5 kilograms, more than double the level a year earlier, ...

OSAKA -- A man with an admission ticket to the "international exposition" in 1940, which was scheduled to be held mainly in ...

What should parents do if their child suddenly says they don't want to go to school -- a trend sometimes seen after Japan's ...

Is there a need for Japan's national government to continue its pork-barreling that is fraught with problems? It wouldn't be ...

Japan was among popular destinations for Chinese travelers during the five-day Labor Day holiday through Monday, despite an ...

Three Chinese men were arrested Wednesday for alleged possession of several thousand protected hermit crabs in the ...

These words were repeated by poet Sadako Kurihara (1913-2005), who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing and consistently ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani homered for the second game in a row, taking his tally to 10 for the season, in a 5-4 ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday, with buying supported by hopes trade tensions between the United States and China ease, ...

Police on May 5 arrested an 80-year-old local woman after she turned herself in at a police box here and said, ...

SUZU, Ishikawa -- Salt production using the "agehama" method, which had been practiced in the northern Noto Peninsula's ...

KYOTO -- A "yabusame," or horseback archery, ritual was held at a Shinto shrine in this ancient Japanese capital to pray for ...