OSAKA—Osaka Kansai Expo visitors have opened their hearts and responded in a groundswell of support for the Baltic Pavillion ...

NARA—The Seven-Pronged Sword, a treasured fourth-century artifact, underwent a groundbreaking scientific examination using an ...

A Peruvian man has been arrested over a multiple-vehicle accident on the Shin-Meishin Expressway caused by a motorist driving ...

Farm minister Taku Eto finally caved under the increasing heat for making light of soaring rice prices and shortages, ...

In under two decades, U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay went from being called a "brute" in Japan for his actions during World ...

Of the approximately 210,000 tons of stockpiled rice released by the central government in two auctions in March, only 14,998 ...

A split in opinion among the opposition bloc has apparently strengthened the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s resolve to ...

Six former presidents of the Science Council of Japan issued a joint statement calling for the withdrawal of a controversial ...

Wind turbines and birds in Hokkaido are a contentious mix for academic societies raising issue over the impact that Daigas ...

SAITAMA–Police have arrested two foreign men in connection with a hit-and-run accident in Saitama Prefecture that left four ...

From the autumn of 1972, freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata worked undercover for six months as a seasonal laborer at a ...

WASHINGTON--Nippon Steel plans to invest $14 billion in U.S. Steel’s operations including up to $4 billion in a new steel ...