China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of ...

Kantaro writes about everything from Japan's economic indicators to North Korea's missiles to global regulation on AI companies. His previous stories have been published in the Associated Press ...

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly ...

VICENZA, Italy—Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a former Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that contaminated ...

Australia is about to spend $10 billion on a new fleet of frigates, with German and Japanese ship makers battling for the contract. But the Japanese bid is about more than just the boat.

Japan’s Kumano Kodo is one of only two UNESCO World Heritage-listed pilgrimages in the world.

TOKYO — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an ...

More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice.

Japan earthquake tips: What to do before, during and after. This image can no longer be displayed. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide.It’s recommended ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against foreigners, despite running election campaigns featuring anti-immigrant ...