Hundreds of dancers from northeastern Japan will descend on the Osaka Kansai Expo site in mid-June to showcase the flavor of ...

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--City authorities gave the go-ahead for trial balloon rides at ancient burial grounds here from early ...

Stockpiled rice sold by the government directly to retail companies hit store shelves on May 31 and long lines of customers were waiting to buy the cheaper grain. Supplies quickly sold out.

Russian President Vladimir Putin brought Akie Abe, the widow of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to tears with his words as ...

The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank ...

Melted fuel debris retrieved from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant differed in several ways from an earlier sample and could ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, apologized for equating stockpiled rice the ...

Acclaimed film director Hirokazu Kore-eda makes clear he embraces cutting-edge digital tools but also cherishes what’s old.

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said he had confirmed that the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has suspended new interview appointments ...

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of online gambling in what is believed to be the largest individual case ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that it will not prosecute an American academic arrested in early ...

A flash of inspiration struck professor Hiromi Uchimura about eight years ago as he looked at a popular erasable pen.