Japan and the U.S. on Friday explored the possibility of a trade agreement, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, told a briefing, while refraining from commenting how close they are to ...

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, ...

WASHINGTONｰｰPresident Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S.

UTSUNOMIYA—At 26, Koyo Matsuura has reached the average age of retirement for footballers, but the amateur player keeps ...

Mysterious geometric patterns dubbed “underwater crop circles” are appearing on the seafloor as the spawning season of a ...

Official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election with all 127 seats at stake started on June 13, with the ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have finalized a plan to provide cash to the public ...

Markets in Asia opened lower early Friday while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran’s capital amid the ramping up tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

TORONTO--U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive Sunday for a Group of Seven summit in a country he has suggested should be ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even ...

Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...