Despite the early hour, the mercury was already climbing as the Japan Meteorological Agency reported that 303 of 914 ...

Following a series of ominous rumblings, the volcanic island of Miyakejima in the Izu island chain spat a huge plume of smoke ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new ...

SEOUL--South Korea said it planned to intensify trade talks with the United States and considered U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly lower Monday as the White House stepped up pressure on major trading partners to make ...

A rodent that was rescued from a curious house cat turned out to be the first Japanese dormouse found in this town on the Kii ...

Emperor Naruhito took in the golden statue of the founder of the Mongol Empire and other artifacts at the Chinggis Khaan ...

Less than two months after being elected, Ito Mayor Maki Takubo has been asked to resign for claiming to have graduated from ...

From towers to flowers, honeybees are hard at work in the major business districts around Tokyo Station—thanks to an urban ...

SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

NAGASAKI--Taiwan for the first time will attend Nagasaki’s annual Peace Memorial Ceremony on Aug. 9 to mark the 80th ...