The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond hit 1.500 percent Thursday for the first time since June 2009.

For over 20 years, a social activist Catholic church group in Osaka has been helping refugees and children with foreign roots ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's special committee investigating power harassment and other allegations against Hyogo Gov.

Hiroya Miyagi and five relievers combined on a one-hit shutout as Japan beat the Netherlands 5-0 in the opener of their ...

About 35.4% of people in Japan who changed jobs to join a small- or mid-size firm saw a more than 10% pay raise from their ...

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S.

Thirty-two original paintings by renowned children's book illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki (1918-1974) have been discovered, with ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 4 announced it will begin developing the latest E10 Series of the Tohoku Shinkansen ...

A 108-year-old woman in this eastern Japan town has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest barber.

A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co.

Kawazu zakura is a variety of cherry blossoms that bloom early. This year, they flowered later than normal, but are now in ...

The Osaka Municipal Government and Osaka Prefectural Government received applications for the free invites from 349,675 ...