Japan's chief tariff negotiator said Thursday that purchases of U.S. defense equipment may help reduce the trade deficit, suggesting it could be used as a bargaining chip in bilateral talks about the ...

Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki has drawn the ire of social media users after he referred to the government's rice stockpiles as "animal feed in a year." ...

Ailing Nissan Motor Co. is planning to raise around 1 trillion yen ($7 billion) by issuing corporate bonds and selling assets to secure funds as it approaches a massive bond redemption, a company ...

The United States will "aggressively" revoke visas of Chinese students, including those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in sensitive fields, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ...

The government on Wednesday vowed to deliver lower-priced stockpiled rice it releases as a counter to surging prices more ...

A Japanese high court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate a company president ...

Japan's parliament enacts a law obliging 300 to 400 major firms to participate in a carbon emissions trading system that will ...

Nearly 60 percent of Japanese believe soaring rice prices will fall with the appointment of a new farm minister, following ...

One of Asia's largest film festivals kicked off Wednesday in Tokyo, with this year shining light on tales about diversity and ...

Shohei Ohtani launches his MLB-leading 20th home run of the season, his third in as many games, as the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Onosato was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna on Wednesday, attaining the honor at a record pace after competing in ...

Japanese boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka has undergone brain surgery in the wake of his IBF world minimumweight title defeat, the ...