The highest temperature ever recorded in Japan, a blistering 41.2 degrees, was observed on July 30 in Hyogo Prefecture, the ...

About half of respondents in a Cabinet Office survey about wages said they did not envisage their income increasing five ...

Toyota Motor Corp. has resumed airing commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc. for the first time since suspending them in ...

Tax authorities have penalized a Hong Kong-based freight company for submitting a fraudulent refund claim on the consumption ...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-meter (13-foot) tsunami waves ...

Residents of a science city close to Kyoto that is known for its many cultural and research facilities are up in arms over a ...

Authorities are trying to identify a possible drone intruder that was spotted over the Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Saga ...

Despite another delay in the start of fuel debris removal at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant ...

STOCKHOLM--The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two ...

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

BANGKOK--Thailand’s military accused Cambodian forces on Wednesday of breaching a ceasefire agreement at three separate locations along the disputed border, warning that continued aggression could ...

SEOUL--Three South Korean cabinet-level officials met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington for trade talks, Seoul said on Wednesday, as top business leaders were also reported to be ...