The yen rallied sharply after dropping to a new 34-year low in the 160 level against the U.S. dollar in Asian trading on ...

TOKYO -- More than 70% of married women recently surveyed said they feel refreshed when they visit their parents' homes ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, is set to lose three seats in House of ...

Voters have dealt a resounding denial of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for failing to squarely address the ...

Japanese authorities may have intervened in the currency market on Monday, some dealers said, amid volatile trading of the ...

Decayed ships from WWII are seen on a coast of Iwo Jima, now formally called Ioto Island, in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo, ...

Strong currents create whirlpools in the Naruto Strait in western Japan, on April 28, 2024. (Mainichi/Tadashi Kako) ...

Whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between western Japan's Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, and Minamiawaji, Hyogo Prefecture, have ...

Japan's Mao Saigo tied for eighth at the LPGA's L.A. Championship on Sunday, carding a 2-under 69 in the final round to ...

BOSTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa is on track for his Major League Baseball debut after the Boston Red ...

An N700S series bullet train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line is shown in this file photo taken on July 1, 2020, in Kanagawa ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and ...