Environment Minister Shintaro Ito apologized directly to representatives of a group of Minamata disease patients on May 8 for ...

President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as ...

In 2060, 17.7 percent of Japanese age 65 or older will likely have dementia, the health ministry announced on May 8.

Although equal rights for men and women are assumed to be a given in the modern age, women are still barred from certain ...

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s military is prepared for any moves China may make around the time President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office ...

MELBOURNE--China’s account blaming Australia for a dangerous clash between their military aircraft in international airspace ...

MINOKAMO, Gifu Prefecture--The city government here has apologized for the sexually harassing behavior of the Minokamo ...

KYIV--A North Korean missile fired by Russia into Ukraine contained a hodgepodge of parts apparently made to resemble ...

Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to ...

TAJIMI, Gifu Prefecture—Municipal officials here announced a plan to begin extracting and selling precious metals from ...