Reika Manaki played the role of Asagao, a kindhearted but sickly prostitute, in the first episode of NHK’s Taiga epic ...

The Israeli airline El Al said Thursday that its Paris office was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti, calling the act a ...

Singer Isao Sasaki, famous for singing the theme of anime series “Uchu Senkan Yamato” (“Space Battleship Yamato”) among many ...

Toyota’s profit plunged 37% in the April-June quarter, the company said Thursday, cutting its full year earnings forecasts largely because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The number of foreign residents living in Japan has jumped to a record-high 3.68 million people, with the foreign resident ...

The U.S. government on Thursday promised to amend a presidential executive order to remove overlapping tariffs on Japanese goods, Tokyo’s trade negotiator said, after talks in Washington to fix what ...

Hiroshima was filled with prayers for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing on Wednesday as the city marked the 80th ...

The United States imposed new “reciprocal” tariffs on Japan and about 70 other countries and regions at 12:01 a.m. on ...

The announcement by Seven & i Holdings Inc. on Wednesday that the company plans to increase its number of domestic ...

Tourists seeking to cool down in the scorching heat are flocking to the Narusawa Hyoketsu Ice Cave in Yamanashi Prefecture, ...

A crew member evacuated an F2 fighter jet flying off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Air Self-Defense Force has said on ...

A huge amount of plastic waste from Japan and elsewhere has been found on the deep seabed around Japan, according to a probe ...