The government’s new curriculum guidelines for English-language lessons at junior high schools have been criticized as so ...

On a recent day, a new sewage treatment system started operations at the capital’s Sunamachi Water Reclamation Center in Koto ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing ...

The government on April 26 approved legislation at a Cabinet meeting designed to loosen the stranglehold of tech giants Apple ...

MANILA--France and the Philippines will begin talks next month on a defense pact that would allow troops from each country to ...

Two Chinese scholars who had been teaching at universities in Japan for many years recently went missing within months of ...

Town officials here made the “agonizing decision” to erect a massive barrier to block views of Mount Fuji after getting fed ...

Marin Sakata, a 23-year-old artist and social media influencer, promotes the charms of pop culture and fashion trends of the ...

A young tax official in northern Japan made a killing in the used car market while on paternal leave, raking in nearly 200 ...

SINGAPORE/LONDON--The yen rose sharply after hitting its weakest level in three decades against the U.S. dollar with markets ...

Stunning views of the architectural anatomy of a centuries-old Buddhist temple here have been revealed using the latest ...

Katsu Tsunoda, senior managing director of The Asahi Shimbun Co., will be promoted to president and chief executive officer, ...