The Hokkaido Prefectural Government will hand out vouchers or digital coupons worth 5,240 yen (about $36) to purchase rice ...

TOKYO -- Villains from the "Star Wars" movie franchise suddenly appeared in the neon-lit streets of Tokyo's Kabukicho ...

Campaigning for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election officially started on June 13, with roughly 300 candidates -- the ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Japan expects to be treated differently to other countries once it clinches a deal with the United States on tariffs, Tokyo's ...

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a pension reform law that will scrap a 1.06 million yen ($7,400) annual income threshold ...

Former House of Representatives member Shiori Yamao, whom the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) withdrew its endorsement ...

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday as investors moved to avert risks amid escalating tensions in the Middle East after the Israeli ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to speak over the telephone on Friday ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that Japan "strongly condemns" Israel's attack on nuclear and ...

Japan's transport ministry said Friday it has instructed Japanese airlines operating Boeing 787s to inspect them following ...