The Tokyo government has begun work to redevelop a two-kilometer expressway which encircles the capital's Ginza shopping ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting ...

App-based digital salary payments are yet to gain traction in Japan two years after being introduced, with only a fraction of ...

India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, they said Saturday, following a sharp escalation of the conflict ...

Shohei Ohtani crushed a tiebreaking three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a ...

FIFA unanimously decided Friday to expand the number of participating teams in the Women's World Cup from 32 to 48 as of the ...

A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a 14th-century Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 handed it ...

The United States and China on Saturday made "great progress" in high-level trade talks after discussing many issues in a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has no plans to reduce the consumption tax rate to help soften the blow from inflation and U.S.

Representatives of U.S. forces in Japan and Okinawa authorities hold their first meeting Friday under a new forum to discuss ...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder after his grandparents were found dead at their home in ...

While too young to compete at next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Japanese figure skating prodigy Taiga Nishino has ...