Companies in Japan started job screening on June 1 for students who will finish university in spring 2027. Some companies are ...

Prime Minister Feleti Teo of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation facing the threat of submersion due to climate change-induced ...

For more than a century, only male umpires have officiated at Japan's prestigious Koshien high school baseball tournaments.

In a hot spring village at the foot of the Ou mountains in Fukushima Prefecture, a secluded inn made famous by a Japanese ...

Sales of kangaroo trading cards that began this spring in a large park here with about 350 of the animals have shattered ...

More than 150 trees growing on private land next to a planned mega-solar project in this northern Japan city were cut down ...

A statue of Kenshiro, the main character of the popular manga "Fist of the North Star," was unveiled on June 3 at Matsuzakaya ...

Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday, with the Nikkei stock index falling over 2 percent, after overnight losses on Wall Street ...

Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The titular character of the popular Japanese manga "Chiikawa" on Wednesday was named Tokyo Station master ...

A bear was captured Wednesday night near Amanohashidate, one of Japan's three most scenic spots, in Kyoto Prefecture, police ...

Japanese footwear giant Asics Corp. said Wednesday it plans to spin off its Onitsuka Tiger high-end sneaker brand amid ...