Nearly 60 percent of households in Japan struggled last year to make ends meet, a survey by the welfare ministry showed.

Japan was set to dispatch its chief tariff negotiator to the United States for an eighth round of ministerial-level talks but ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

TSU--For the time being, the Bank of Japan will hold off on interest rate hikes while it closely monitors developments in the ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--More residents have decided to flee Akusekijima island after yet another strong earthquake.

NAHA—In a rare and significant move, senior officials from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa Prefecture formally ...

A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of ...

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

The ruling coalition is in danger of losing its majority in the Upper House, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun suggests.