Moves to restrict private lodgings are emerging across Japan because of growing friction with local residents. Authorities ...

OSAKA -- A man in his 60s was seriously injured in a stabbing on a street in Osaka on Oct. 20, authorities said. An emergency ...

Malatang is a Chinese soup dish. It uses Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers. It can make the mouth feel numb and hot. In ...

The U.S. State Department said Monday it "condemns" Russia's recent detention of a Japanese journalist in its Far East on ...

The temple has a legend about a cat that remained loyal to its master. Nagai Motofusa, a retainer of Mori Terumoto (1553-1625 ...

Japan's government proposed reopening admissions for foreign institutional meal service cooks by shifting them to the food ...

A China-linked artificial intelligence agent was identified as having been used in cyberattacks targeting firms in Japan, a ...

Japanese casual clothing retailer Uniqlo said it will raise the average selling price of its products by about 4 percent.

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North Korea threatened Monday to resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy more weapons along the border with Sou ...

Gianni Infantino's campaign for re-election as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for ...