Calling it the "cornerstone of regional peace," the new commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost said he ...

Japan's new economy minister, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Tuesday the government has trust in the central bank's decision on how ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso described Taiwan as an important “country” for Japan, breaking with Tokyo’s stance of ...

Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial last ...

Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September, as companies were increasingly ...

Japan face second-placed Saudi Arabia in Group C of Asia's third round of World Cup preliminaries in Jeddah on Thursday ...

Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell in August after two months of increases during the summer bonus season, while household ...

Ryosei Akazawa, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, showed tolerance for gradual monetary tightening by the ...

The photos are "memorabilias for the participants for a very long time,” government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said ...

Japan's government has admitted an official photo of its new cabinet was manipulated to make members look less unkempt after ...

For a nation that prides itself on efficiency and minimal waste, Japan is facing an embarrassing problem — food waste. In ...

In the northern reaches of Japan, a realm of ethereal, old-growth forests and icy coastal waters offer some of the country’s ...