One of Asia's largest film festivals kicked off Wednesday in Tokyo, with this year shining light on tales about diversity and ...

A Japanese high court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate a company president ...

The government on Wednesday vowed to deliver lower-priced stockpiled rice it releases as a counter to surging prices more ...

Japan's parliament enacts a law obliging 300 to 400 major firms to participate in a carbon emissions trading system that will ...

Nearly 60 percent of Japanese believe soaring rice prices will fall with the appointment of a new farm minister, following ...

Shohei Ohtani launches his MLB-leading 20th home run of the season, his third in as many games, as the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Onosato was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna on Wednesday, attaining the honor at a record pace after competing in ...

The U.S. government is considering acquiring a stake in United States Steel Corp. that would give it veto power over major ...

Leaders of China, Southeast Asia and six Arab nations held their first meeting Tuesday in Malaysia to bolster economic ...

Four former Nissan Motor Co. top executives including ex-President and CEO Makoto Uchida received a combined total of 646 ...

Japanese boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka has undergone brain surgery in the wake of his IBF world minimumweight title defeat, the ...

The new top executive of Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japanese operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, said ...