All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease ...

The former Russian Consulate in Hakodate, Hokkaido, built in 1908 by the Russian Empire and featured in the popular manga ...

The rate of depressive symptoms was lower among working-age people who consume a Japanese-style diet including rice, miso ...

Japanese and U.S. negotiators agreed Friday to continue talks toward a tariff deal that will be beneficial to both countries.

Japan executed on Friday a man convicted of the 2017 serial murders of nine people near Tokyo, the government said, marking ...

A newly opened giant slide in southwestern Japan has been closed after four people sustained broken bones while using it, the ...

Iranian ambassador to Japan Peiman Seadat has urged Tokyo to stand against U.S. and Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities in his nation after President Donald Trump's remark likening the U.S. attacks ...

The European Union on Friday submitted a proposal to impose export restrictions on all eel species under an international ...

Japan's government on Friday asked major platform operators to help counter harmful social media posts in an effort to ...

Private sector imports of tariffed rice to Japan in May were 3.5 times the total volume brought in during all of fiscal 2024, ...

Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make his first visit to Japan early next ...

Tokyo stocks rose Friday for a fourth straight day, with the Nikkei index ending above the 40,000 line for the first time since January, as worries about hefty U.S. tariffs eased.