The trade ministry plans to standardize the way information is labeled on processed foods and daily goods to create a data ...

A senior Foreign Ministry official who once interpreted for then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will act as an interpreter for ...

Two female priests have been appointed at a shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, for the first time in its history.

More than ¥300 million was raised by the end of last year through crowdfunding for craftspeople and workshops of Wajima ...

All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines announced further flight cancellations for Thursday and Friday, as heavy snowfall ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments are set to specifically mention the strengthening of cooperation in the cyber and space ...

Four years after the military coup in Myanmar, high officials of a democratic organization condemned the military junta’s ...

A Japan Airlines plane that was taxiing on the tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport apparently clipped the tail of ...

Three long-established Japanese makers of ekiben — box meals sold at stations — started selling their products Thursday at ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a set of topics to be discussed related to regulating social media during ...

Cookery specialist Ryo Imai offers a recipe for the winter season: Sichuan-style pork stew. It features meat and vegetables ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Thursday as Wall Street’s rise boosted sentiments, even as a firmer yen on the back of ...