U.S. President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel citing national security ...

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period (794-1185) court attire giving a ...

SEOUL--South Korean investigators again asked the country's acting president on Saturday to order the presidential security ...

MITO--Nationality will not be an issue for people applying for clerical positions in the Ibaraki prefectural government, ...

The Cabinet Office forecast that demand will outstrip supply in fiscal 2025 to put a brake on deflation. It assessed the gap ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya ...

WASHINGTON--Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office this ...

There are countless fixed stars in the firmament, but Sei Shonagon (c.966-c.1025) named only the Pleiades star cluster and ...

The male Siberian cat, named Mir, was gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Akita Governor Norihisa Satake as a ...

The city government here will offer guests a chance to experience the splendor of a samurai-style tea ceremony hosted by a ...

The Agency for Cultural Affairs is soliciting public comments about its plans to change romanization rules of the Japanese ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets.