The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

The Hokkaido Prefectural Government will hand out vouchers or digital coupons worth 5,240 yen (about $36) to purchase rice ...

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India's worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several peop ...

Campaigning for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election officially started on June 13, with roughly 300 candidates -- the ...

TOKYO -- Villains from the "Star Wars" movie franchise suddenly appeared in the neon-lit streets of Tokyo's Kabukicho ...

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a pension reform law that will scrap a 1.06 million yen ($7,400) annual income threshold ...

Emperor Naruhito met with Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu at the Imperial Palace in Japan's capital on June 13, during ...

Japan's transport ministry said Friday it has instructed Japanese airlines operating Boeing 787s to inspect them following ...

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday as investors moved to avert risks amid escalating tensions in the Middle East after the Israeli ...

The Mongolian parliament elected Friday its former chairman Gombojav Zandanshatar as the country's new prime minister after ...

Kuki Shrine in the town of Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture, considers air a sacred object where gods reside. On June 7, the Air ...