MUKO, Kyoto Prefecture--The leafy pathway through a bamboo forest in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto is popular with tourists.

NAHA—The sight of white crabs with long, slender legs and tiny, dot-like eyes drew a yelp of astonishment from Yoshihisa ...

BEIJING--Chinese worker Liu Shengzun lost two jobs in just one month as U.S. import tariffs shot up to triple digits in April ...

Mio Ikeda stumbled across a future hit product when she discovered “firm tofu” at U.S. supermarkets in 2018 soon after she ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of ...

The inaugural Music Awards Japan (MAJ) ceremonies will be held on May 21 and 22, with hopes it will gain the prestige of the ...

It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t ...

Nearly half of people who read false rumors or misinformation online believe the contents are true, according to the internal ...

NAHA--A U.S. military helicopter flying over northern Okinawa Prefecture accidentally dropped a bag containing a flammable ...

TOKYO--Japan’s top automaker Toyota announced a partnership with U.S. autonomous driving technology company Waymo on Wednesday. The move was somewhat anticipated, as the use of such technology ...

Higher tariffs on U.S. imports of products from China appear to be taking a toll on the world’s second-largest economy, according to monthly surveys of Chinese factory managers released Wednesday.

SEOUL--An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday.