Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted its first profit in four years Tuesday, as it raked in gains from its ...

Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime ...

Farmers are facing increased difficulties securing quality feed for their brand-name livestock due to rice shortages, soaring ...

On a recent spring day, a small arthouse cinema in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward was bustling with moviegoers who came to see “Four ...

It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t ...

Nearly half of people who read false rumors or misinformation online believe the contents are true, according to the internal ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...

In early summer 1877, the 10th year of the Meiji Era (1868–1912), a passenger ship from San Francisco arrived at Yokohama ...

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the ...

The five-member male idol group Arashi announced on May 6 that it will end activities with a concert tour to be held next ...