BEIJING—In a first step toward improving bilateral ties, ruling coalition lawmakers met with Chinese officials on Jan. 14 ...

SINGAPORE--The dollar’s towering rally hit a speed bump on Wednesday as traders turned cautious ahead of a closely watched ...

A former chancellor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University is believed to have received about 37 million yen ($234,700) in ...

TOKUSHIMA—David Moreton has for years served as a messenger of the cultural appeal of a Buddhist pilgrimage of 88 temples ...

Convenience store trainer Jiyu Chen understood the difficulties facing two foreign female part-time workers who listened as ...

A World Heritage village here kicked off its stunning annual illumination event on Jan. 13, its iconic steep-roofed ...

Shinji Ishimaru, the surprise runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election last July, said on Jan. 15 he has established a ...

Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency with ripple effects for Latin American teenagers whose unofficial agreements ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged Kyushu residents to be wary of aftershocks from the strong Jan. 13 earthquake but said ...

BANGKOK—Six Japanese nationals are being held captive in a “crime hub” for special fraud in eastern Myanmar near the border ...

A U.S. activist shareholder pressed Fuji Media Holdings Inc. to launch an independent investigation into a sexual misconduct ...

A former deputy branch manager at MUFG Bank Ltd. was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 14 on ...