The Japanese and Philippine governments have entered the final phase in coordinating the early signing of a bilateral general ...

The Hiraoka family’s former residence, which belonged to a merchant family and was built in the Edo period (1603-1867), was ...

The Otaru Nishin Goten, or Herring Mansion, welcomed visitors once more in early April, after having been closed for repairs ...

Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent’s river network hit by significant ...

Japan’s Nikkei hit a three-week closing high on Wednesday as a strong rebound in Wall Street prompted investors to scoop up ...

With the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff measures looming for Japanese industries and employment, the ...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission launched a new department on April 1 that is responsible for regulating and investigating ...

Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world’s second-largest ...

A Chinese national from Ota Ward, Tokyo, was arrested on Tuesday by the Yamanashi prefectural police on suspicion of ...

With the advent of a “world with interest rates,” new momentum is growing for the reorganization of regional banks. It is ...

Regenerative medicine, which uses iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells and other materials to cure diseases for which there ...

Japan’s famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers ...