The Bank of Japan's "tankan" quarterly survey for September, due out Thursday, is expected to show an improvement in business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers, according to forecasts by ...

Japan's parliament enacted a revised law in June aimed at preventing illegally obtained bank accounts from being used to launder criminal proceeds, including money from special fraud such as social ...

Japan's Mako Fukube won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, finishing in 12.74 seconds, while Hayato Katsuki claimed gold in the men's marathon ...

More than 1,500 people are still staying in evacuation centers two months after the July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, that killed 38 people including those who died from ...

Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, who resigned earlier in September over a harassment scandal, plans to run for re-election, sources said Sunday. Yamanaka, 54, is expected to announce his ...

The Japanese and Turkish governments will open Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, or TJU, in Ankara in October to train experts who can play core roles in fields such as artificial ...

Japanese novelist Maha Harada's "Muyou no Hito" (In My Father's Room) has received the International Federation of Film Critics Award during a film festival in northern Spain. The first film directed ...

A memorial ceremony was held Sunday in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, for the victims of the eruption of Mount Ontake that occurred 12 years ago, leaving 58 people dead and ...

A Chinese marine research ship was spotted within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The research ship Kexue was seen dropping what appeared ...

A project to raise honeybees in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district has marked the 20th anniversary this year, with the annual honey harvest soaring to 2.8 tons from the initial 150 kilograms. Designed to ...

Fins may be the best-known part of a shark to food lovers, but Japanese companies are trying to make the widely consumed, little-known meat more visible and put its skin to new uses. In Japan, sharks ...

Allarme alla RAF Fairford: cinque uomini arrestati per reati legati agli esplosivi e 85 famiglie evacuate. La polizia ...