Nearly half of people who read false rumors or misinformation online believe the contents are true, according to the internal ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of ...

Luo Shuai, a driver for Meituan, China’s largest food delivery service, learned of Yushiji’s discounted meal initiative ...

It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that increasing corn imports from the U.S. would be among options ...

The five-member male idol group Arashi announced on May 6 that it will end activities with a concert tour to be held next ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who ...

OSAKA—The boy character on packaging of the long-selling Bisco biscuit has been redesigned for the first time in 20 years to increase overseas sales. Bisco Boya (Bisco boy) is now shown with ...

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

Japan and Palau will undertake one of the largest recoveries of remains of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II.