Tax authorities have penalized a Hong Kong-based freight company for submitting a fraudulent refund claim on the consumption ...

Residents of a science city close to Kyoto that is known for its many cultural and research facilities are up in arms over a ...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-meter (13-foot) tsunami waves ...

Authorities are trying to identify a possible drone intruder that was spotted over the Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Saga ...

Despite another delay in the start of fuel debris removal at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant ...

Rice inventories were at normal levels among farmers, distributors and other businesses in June, an agriculture ministry survey showed, contradicting the ministry’s explanation that increased ...

STOCKHOLM--The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two ...

This is part of a series on hibakusha who responded to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun, The Chugoku Shimbun and The Nagasaki ...

Starting this year, the government will no longer conduct a survey done every 10 years since 1965 to assess the living conditions and health status of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors.

Toyota said on Wednesday its worldwide output and sales reached record highs for the first six months of the year, fueled by strong demand in markets including North America, Japan and China.

WASHINGTON--The Taiwanese government has called off a plan for its president to transit through the United States on his way to Latin America, The Associated Press has learned — a decision leading to ...

Japan baked in searing heat on July 29, with forecasts of 39 degrees and warnings of possible heat stroke. Residents in ...