Persistent heavy rain in central Vietnam that started last week has triggered major flooding in wide areas, killing ten ...

Japan's school absences have hit a record high, according to an education ministry survey. The total has been increasing for ...

Japan's education ministry says a record number of over 350,000 elementary and junior high school students missed school for ...

A survey found that about 80 percent of whooping cough patients in Japan were infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of ...

Tokyo police have tightened security in the capital ahead of US President Donald Trump's three-day visit to Japan that will ...

Rare earths, soybeans, tariffs and fentanyl were all on the agenda as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat for talks in South ...

Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor may announce plans next week to import vehicles manufactured in the United States to Japan ...

Demolition workers have found what appears to be a baby's corpse while tearing down an apartment building in Tokyo's Shibuya ...

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK’s music documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days was awarded the most prestigious Special Prize ...

U.S. viewers for the first two games of World Series between the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays dropped 14 per cent from last ...