KYOTO — The character “kin,” meaning "gold" or "money," was selected as the kanji of the year, reflecting the strong showing ...
Eateries providing free or low-cost meals for children sought to address child poverty when they first started popping up ...
New Year’s holiday travel is shaping up to be frenzied, as 4.46 million seats on trains and Shinkansen between Dec. 27 and ...
A plan to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate was agreed on Wednesday by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
BANGKOK--Shares were mostly higher Thursday in Asia after Wall Street resumed its upward climb, as an update on inflation ...
FUKUI--A rogue dolphin blamed for attacks that left more than 50 people injured off Fukui Prefecture over the past three ...
In a reversal after 10 years, Japan will end its stated goal to reduce nuclear power reliance in its next Strategic Energy ...
Kansai Airports, which operates Kansai International Airport, Osaka Airport and Kobe Airport, on Dec. 11 posted strong ...
OSLO—Terumi Tanaka went off-script during his speech at the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony to remind an international ...
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Prince Hisahito, second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, has been admitted to the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, the Imperial Household Agency announced on Dec. 11.
OSAKA--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) is set to equip its trains with knife-proof umbrellas to protect passengers and crew.