A female sophomore at a prestigious private university in Tokyo was appalled by the fast pace and difficult lectures in ...

SENDAI—Following a spate of maulings, the Environment Ministry will set up at least 800 cameras by the end of July to count ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for ...

MONTERREY, Mexico--Japan marked the 1,000th match in World Cup history with a commanding 4-0 win over Tunisia in Group F on Saturday, as Ayase Ueda scored twice to send the North Africans out. Hajime ...

Japan has selected Noetra Corp., a new company backed by multiple firms, for a “physical artificial intelligence” project that will receive 1 trillion yen ($6.2 billion) in government support over ...

Prioritizing speed, the government is moving to lower the consumption tax on groceries to 1 percent—not the promised zero-percent rate—for a two-year period starting next April, officials said June 2.

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...

A sophomore at Meiji University in Tokyo who is a big fan of the K-pop girl group Twice and mastered writing hangul in high ...

MANILA—The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 ...

In a world first, Toyota Motor Corp. entered a race with a vehicle propelled by a superconducting motor that leverages the ultra-cold nature of liquid hydrogen fuel. The GR Corolla debuted at the ...

OSAKA—A fleet of electric-powered buses used to shuttle attendees during the Osaka Kansai Expo now function more as an eyesore than an emblem in a “graveyard” estimated to be worth billions of yen.