An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, after over 1,000 ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an ...

Japanese companies agreed to raise wages by an average 5.25 percent in this year's spring wage talks, the second straight ...

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July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

Major Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya Co. will introduce its first-ever noodle menu item in its 125-year history, at all ...

As official campaigning began Thursday for Japan's July 20 House of Councillors election, minor opposition parties expected ...

Mt. Shinmoe, an erupting volcano in southwestern Japan, was observed blowing an ash plume 5,000 meters above its crater, th ...

A senior U.S. military official apologized to the Okinawa prefectural government on Thursday over a 2024 sexual assault case ...

A woman from Myanmar who had worked for a ramen restaurant in Japan has sued its Tokyo-based operating company demanding some ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck a small island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the latest temblor ...

Farmers here are cooking up new menus for health-conscious Japanese, with dishes like quiche, pizza toast, skewers, tempura ...