Japan has long resisted the lure of chess, but the stage is being set for the country’s first-ever grandmaster, one expert ...

Israeli strikes on Iran and the Iranian retaliation have raised fears of a broader regional conflagration in the Middle East.

The trial of the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to begin on Oct. 28, local media ...

The call came as Japan's top tariff negotiator gets set for a sixth round of discussions with his U.S. counterparts over ...

Iran once ridiculed Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant warnings about Tehran's nuclear program, and his ...

The handout would be ¥20,000 per person and an additional ¥20,000 would be added on top of that per child or low-income ...

San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer had earlier found that Trump's deployment of the guard was unlawful.

The rebound in Toyoda’s popularity suggest tacit shareholder approval of how he handled the certification issues.

The white paper stated that Japanese products are leading the world in terms of their durability and larger sizes, which are ...

Some officials see the relative strength in inflation reflecting a change in price-setting behavior with sharp increases in ...

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said that discussions with market participants is a key factor in making sure that government ...

The move is aimed at easing overconcentration of companies in the capital and bridge an urban-rural divide in economic growth ...