Bain from K-pop boy band Just B came out during a Los Angeles concert on Tuesday, saying he was “proud to be part of the LGBT ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a major religious rights case. A group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish parents sued the ...

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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed George Glass, a businessman from Oregon with a background in investment banking and real estate, as ambassador to Japan. The chamber voted 66 to 32 in favor of ...

Japan has a new U.S. ambassador, and he’ll have both large shoes to fill and a challenging agenda ahead of him — including helping to resolve a row over tough tariffs the White House has ...

A Japanese space startup is buying US-made rocket engines for use with its small, reusable launch vehicles in a bid to bridge the gap between the country’s large-scale satellite production and ...

Japan was hit with worse-than-expected news last week when the U.S. announced a so-called reciprocal tariff of 24% on all Japanese imports, with the levy on Japanese automotive imports set to rise ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday the U.S. is opening trade negotiations with Japan. Bessent, in a post on the social platform X, said President Trump has tasked him and U.S. Trade ...

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

A video of both Mizkif and Tokyo Sims, a.k.a. Kole, doing flips on a cherry tree in Japan and knocking down sakura blossoms has resulted in a huge amount of backlash against both creators.

Approximately 42,000 bodies went unclaimed in Japan in fiscal 2023 and were subsequently cremated or buried by local authorities, a recent government estimate showed, amid a rise in elderly people who ...