Over-the-counter drugs will become available at convenience stores in Japan within two years, following the enactment of ...

The United States and China on Wednesday slashed most of their recent new tariffs on each other's imports and suspended part ...

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing in the World Services ...

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

Nissan Motor Co. logged a net loss of 670.90 billion yen ($4.5 billion) for fiscal 2024 as it continues to grapple with poor ...

Children in Japan continue to suffer poor mental health, with the country ranking 32nd among 43 developed and emerging ...

An object believed to be an unexploded wartime bomb was discovered on a Hiroshima University campus in western Japan, police ...

No. 1 maegashira Oho handed his long-time rival and yokozuna Hoshoryu his first defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as ...

Japan's rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks to 4,214 yen ($28.50) per 5 kilograms, the government said Monday, ...

A pupil at a prestigious national elementary school in Tokyo quit the school this year after being the victim of bullying, a ...

Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. plans to cut around 20,000 jobs globally, more than 10,000 above the reduction ...

Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. said Monday it will sell a liquid crystal display panel plant in central Japan, once ...