Donald Trump's comeback as U.S. president is likely to lift Tokyo stocks into early next year, with his proposed tax cuts and ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji has withdrawn from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Nov. 10, marking his absence from two ...

Tohoku University on Friday became the first institution formally designated to receive substantial research grants from a 10 ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex says it has successfully retrieved a small amount of ...

Nissan Motor Co. slashes its operating profit outlook for the year ending March by 70 percent and announced a plan to cut ...

Nippon Steel Corp. hopes to complete its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by the end of the year, before U.S.

Donald Trump has been elected U.S. president after scoring a decisive victory over his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, with a swath of voters apparently caring little about the prospect of a more ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man to life in prison for his key role in a robbery resulting in the death of a woman in western ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani was welcomed aboard a South Korean naval vessel during its port call in Japan, highlighting the increasingly close security collaboration between Tokyo and Seoul ...

Japan's real wages fell 0.1 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the second consecutive monthly decline, as pay ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House is likely to make Japan reluctant to raise potentially controversial proposals affecting the decades-old bilateral alliance -- including Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says that he agreed in phone talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to hold a meeting soon while confirming they will work to elevate the bilateral ...