TOKYO--A Pokemon card game event planned for Saturday at a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead has been canceled and the ...

A teenager jostled for position amid a crowd of well-wishers in front of the Imperial Palace balcony on Jan. 2, 2014, her casual attire and flu mask obscuring her true identity.

The Immigration Services Agency from Feb. 1 will end its practice of informing lawyers that their foreign clients will be ...

The ruling coalition aims to restore Japanese military ranks used in World War II for members of the Self-Defense Forces, a plan that has drawn concern and bewilderment in the Defense Ministry.

When I was a teenager, I decided one day to find out what I wanted to do, rather than fret about what I could become.

TOKYO/BEIJING--China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a ...

The Osaka gathering was thanks to the “Adult Women’s Dormitory Project,” a group working to build just that for middle-aged ...

With campaigning for the Feb. 8 Lower House election officially kicking off on Jan. 27, an intelligence analyst is warning of ...

Kurd slogans, misinformation and counter-protests are featuring heavily in the mayoral election campaign in Kawaguchi, ...

BEIJING--China’s main space contractor vowed to develop space tourism in the next five years, state media ⁠reported on ...

Tokyo police arrested a man in connection with a Japanese blog that is part of an international investigation into child ...

When the cold reaches its harshest depth, the story “Niban Senji” (the second brew)—a classic piece from "rakugo," the ...