A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s ...

SHANGHAI--A Chinese man who stabbed to death a Chinese female bus attendant and injured a Japanese mother and her child at a ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

The United States and Japan need to work together to align their defense forces in the face of an increasingly assertive ...

U.S. President Donald Trump specifically demanded Tokyo pay more for stationing American troops in Japan, increase sales of U ...

Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry ...

The race was sponsored by a department of the Beijing municipal government. While both humans and androids took part, the ...

Tomy Co. is marking the 50th anniversary of its beloved Pop-Up-Pirate toy with a seventh version of the game that switches up ...

Time magazine unveiled its annual list of the 100 most influential people for 2025 on April 16, with three celebrated figures ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

Lacking support from voters and the opposition bloc, the government and ruling coalition parties have abandoned plans to ...