Cherry blossoms are almost in full flower in various locations across Kyoto Prefecture, with tourists from both Japan and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's substantially higher tariffs, including those on all car imports, are set to slow ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged over 2 percent Friday morning after Wall Street tumbled overnight amid heightening fears of a ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to hand down a ruling Friday on whether to remove or reinstate Yoon Suk Yeol as ...

The number of yakuza members and associates in Japan fell to a record low of 18,800 at the end of last year amid a rise in ...

The U.S. dollar briefly sank to a six-month low in the lower 145 yen range in New York on Thursday after the country's ...

Japan's household spending in February fell a real 0.5 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday.

BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday voiced "serious concerns" ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya pledged Thursday that Japan will remain steadfast in supporting Ukraine's pursuit of peace ...

U.S. companies had trillions of dollars in value wiped out Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on ...

OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- An ancient type of sushi called "funazushi," considered by many to be the original form of the raw ...

The bereaved family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in detention at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021 will file a ...