Independent watchmaker Jiro Katayama always thought he would spend his days working alone on a shoestring budget in his ...

BERLIN--“Ordinary Life,” a Japanese-French animation co-production directed by Yoriko Mizushiri, won the runner-up Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in the short ...

The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn.

SAITAMA--A previously unknown oil painting of a black cow presumed to be by artist Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) has ...

More than 200 death certificates were issued under the name of a doctor with dementia at a hospital here, where officials are ...

Emperor Naruhito turned 65 on Feb. 23, vowing to reaffirm his commitment to peace with the approaching 80th anniversary since ...

The ruling coalition and opposition Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) agreed to education and social welfare policies ...

Trust in the electoral system that underpins democracy could be seriously undermined if campaigns are marred by activities ...

Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus.

BANGKOK--An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began ...

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding posted its fastest revenue growth in more than a year, beating analyst ...

Some Uber Eats delivery drivers in Japan are deliberately rejecting job requests to gamble on a chance of winning a jackpot ...