With rising temperatures in recent years and the need for heatstroke prevention, water bottles have become essential for ...

The Kumamoto Prefectural Government is boosting its honeybee shortage response with an about 502-million-yen (roughly $3.27 ...

(AP) -- Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there's some debate among experts ...

Governments and companies around the world scrambled Saturday to determine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ...

Three bodies were found after a house fire in the east of Tokyo early Sunday, as three of its residents, including two children, rema ...

Hesaki Lighthouse in this southwestern Japan city's Moji Ward was first lit in 1872, but its origin dates back decades ...

The Japanese government plans to expand the market for used goods to around 4.6 trillion yen ($29.7 bllion) in 2030, up 32 percent fr ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision rejecting President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose global tariffs is a ...

Convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. plans to expand the number of stores with claw machines and other prize-winning ...

A unique internship program in Hokkaido, under which Japanese university students work and live for a month at the famed Niseko ski ...

A traditional Japanese festival known for thousands of nearly naked men competing to claim sacred talismans left three men unconsci ...

For a few hours on Friday, congressional Republicans seemed to get some relief from one of the largest points of friction they have ...