Workers on motorcycles have continued to deliver bouquets of flowers to a school here for “secret” tributes to a 10-year-old ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, ...

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was elected president of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in ...

NIIGATA—Five huge sculptures made with rice straw aptly represent the theme of Niigata city’s annual Wara Art Festival: ...

Japanese expats with young families in China are gripped by anxiety and fear following the stabbing death of a 10-year-old ...

While traveling at approximately 315 kph, two carriages of a Shinkansen running between Furukawa and Sendai stations in ...

Bottom backers include Panasonic Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. who all bumped their freezers to the ...

Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday and revised up its assessment on consumption, signaling its confidence ...

An autobiographical essay by a Middle Eastern high school girl living in the Kanto region has been adapted into a picture ...

More than 50 Chinese residents gathered in Tokyo on Sept. 19 to mourn a Japanese boy who was fatally stabbed in China’s ...

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) will acquire U.S. tobacco giant Vector Group Ltd. (VGR) for 378 billion yen ($2.6 billion) in a major overseas expansion, the company announced Aug. 21. According to the ...