A reduction to 15% of a tariff on imported Japanese automobiles could take effect around 50 days after a bilateral agreement ...

Six employees responsible for in-car service on the Train Suite Shiki-shima luxury sleeper train frequently drank alcohol ...

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited South Korea from Saturday to Monday on his first ...

OSAKA — Osaka Prefectural Police on Wednesday began searching the house of the representative of Iroha Kensetsu, an Osaka ...

The British Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier made a port call at the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa ...

A sand and gravel carrier collided with a yacht off Tsukumi, Oita Prefecture, according to a report to the Saiki coast guard ...

President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and updated him on planned talks the Russian ...

The potato is one of the world’s food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose above 43,000 for the first time on Wednesday, with the broader Topix index also marking a ...

Two newlywed couples enjoyed rides in a horse-drawn carriage in wedding ceremonies at a farm in Urakawa, Hokkaido, on July 26 ...

Two confirmed dead in Kumamoto Prefecture, and four people were reported missing in Fukuoka and Kumamoto Prefectures as a ...

European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically ...