Hello Kitty turned 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, top right, attends an annual ...

Japan’s finance minister issued a fresh warning to the currency market in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, which ...

On the Central California Coast near Monterey Bay, 389 Japanese Americans in 1940 lived in Monterey Japantown where they ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic and policies could further weaken the yen's value against the U.S. dollar, the ...

Japanese household spending fell in September for the second straight month, government data showed on Friday, as higher ...

Spread the loveJapan, a nation obsessed with technological advancement, faces a curious paradox: its love for English clashes with its struggle to truly embrace it. Over the past four decades, English ...

Japan’s criminal-justice system includes long-term detention of suspects and overreliance on confessions. This “hostage ...

KOFU, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained ... Staff of the Kofu observatory office, which declares the news every year, saw some snow near the 3,776-m (12,388-ft) summit of ...

Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan, succeeded in making friends with Mr. Trump through golf, entertainment and ...

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

The final of one of Japan's three major soccer titles, the J.League YBC Levain Cup, was held on November 2 at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Nagoya Gr･･･ ...