Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun making arrangements to forgo participating as an observer at a meeting of signatories ...

A crowd is seen at Meriken Park, the main venue of Kobe Luminarie, an annual festival held in memory of the victims of the ...

Yurikamome Line services in Tokyo were temporarily suspended along the line’s entire length due to a power outage that ...

Speed skater Miho Takagi added another milestone to her sterling career on Friday when she notched the 34th World Cup victory ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has begun considering not joining merger talks between Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., The ...

A month has passed since Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. announced they had started talks on a business merger.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with California Governor Gavin Newsom to respond to the Los Angeles ...

Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because ...

Denmark agreed on Friday to discuss the Arctic region with Washington, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, after his ...

Giant flaming torches were carried during a parade to pray for a year of good health and protection from illness at the Oniyo ...

A kakizome calligraphy event was held on Jan. 5 at a shopping mall in Matsuyama, and about 100 passersby and others wrote ...

There are about 40,000 Shinto shrines that are called “Hachimansha” or “Hachimangu” in Japan. These are headed by Usa Jingu ...