KDDI Corp. has begun operations at an artificial intelligence data center built on the site of the former Sharp Sakai plant ...

The House of Representatives was dissolved on Friday, setting the stage for a Feb. 8 lower house election to seek a public ...

Powered by strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance was officially launched Thursday, but questions remain over whether what is now the largest ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. shut down reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after midnight on Friday morning.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling to gauge the distance it should take with Komeito, its former ruling coalition partner in the upcoming House of Representatives election. Komeito has ...

Japanese film “Kokuho” has been nominated for the makeup and hairstyling category in the 98th Academy Awards, it was ...

Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses drove the shares of their maker, iVision Tech IVN.MI, almost 28% higher on Thursday ...

The central government and the Tokyo metropolitan government have agreed to launch a council aimed at strengthening ...

By Masayuki Yamauchi / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] What should a government leader or a ...

Japanese stocks edged higher on Friday as investors took early cues from Wall Street ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision due later in the day.

Tokyo-based bag maker Yoshida & Co., known as “Yoshida Kaban,” celebrated its 90th anniversary last year. In November, the ...