Actor Hiroya Shimizu has told investigators he began using marijuana while studying in the United States at age 20, ...

Former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday expressed her intention to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

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In the Sept. 16 first hearing of a lawsuit filed by Rakuten Group Inc. against the Japanese government seeking to overturn a ...

Blake Snell struck out a season-high 12 over seven innings, Shohei Ohtani hit his 51st homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat ...

OSAKA -- More workers in Japan are using "business names" instead of their real names at work to protect their privacy and ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning, with the Nikkei index hitting a fresh intraday record high, as the market reacted ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to keep its policy rate at around 0.5 percent at its two-day meeting from Thursday, as it ...

A district in Berlin has ordered a statue symbolizing Korean women in Japanese wartime military brothels to be removed from ...

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSR), which operates Taiwan's bullet trains, is set to implement stricter smartphone use rules ...

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering reviewing a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project, under ...