Japan sweltered in dangerously high temperatures on Aug. 5, with thermometers in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, marking the ...

Japan’s top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he planned to visit Washington from Tuesday to press the United States to ...

Ome city in western Tokyo has chosen a new name for the wine produced from locally grown grapes that is nod to its sister city: “Danke,” meaning “thank you” in German.

Declassified U.S. documents show that Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi agreed in the late 1950s to allow the United States to ...

This is part of a series on hibakusha who responded to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun, The Chugoku Shimbun and The Nagasaki ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he will not hesitate to hold talks with President Donald Trump to ...

Tired of receiving a flood of complaints and even a bomb threat, the city assembly here on Aug. 4 passed a gag order on ...

U.S. stocks rallied on Monday and won back most of their sharp loss from last week, when worries about how President Donald ...

SEOUL--As South Korea and the United States prepare for a summit of their leaders, topics left unresolved by a recent trade ...

Hong Kong authorities on Monday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by ...

Gojira (Godzilla), the product of a nuclear test in the sea, is an embodiment of “kaku no kyofu” or “the horror of nuclear ...