The Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday that the formal engagement and marriage of Princess Mako — the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito — and her fiance, Kei Komuro, will be postponed until 2020 due to "lack of preparation." The couple, both 26, were supposed to ...

Polished pates and thinning thatches may one day be a thing of the past thanks to Japanese scientists who have developed a way to grow hair follicles at a record rate. The study used two kinds of cells placed in silicone containers to cultivate "hair ...

South Korea’s national spy agency told a parliamentary committee it was possible North Korean hackers broke into the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc.

Japan should stop giving out giri choco (obligatory chocolate). That was the message in a full-page ad that Godiva published last week which instantly went viral, stirring up debate, once again, on the pros and cons of women giving out inexpensive courtesy chocolates to their ...

The Japan Tourism Agency launched a new digital advertising campaign Tuesday in a bid to draw more tourists from Western countries, a demographic that has failed to keep pace with Asian tourists who have flocked to Japan in recent years. Currently, three out of four ...

Heavy snow blanketed much of the Sea of Japan coast on Tuesday, disrupting transportation and prompting authorities to request the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces for disaster relief after about 1,000 vehicles were stranded. Due to a strong cold front and a low-pressure system, snow ...

The government's recently unveiled anti-smoking plan has sparked an outcry from lung cancer patients and other activists because it leaves a gaping loophole that basically allows customers in restaurants and bars to continue lighting up. The plan released Jan. 30 by the health ministry backpedaled ...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's six-day swing through Asia, anchored by a stop at the Winter Olympics in South Korea and including a trip to Japan, is set to focus less on sports than the host country's bellicose neighbor to the North. Pence departed Monday ...

Electric bicycles are enjoying brisk demand as they mark the 25th anniversary this year since the first model was released in 1993. According to government data, sales of electric bicycles in Japan in 2016 grew 15.3 percent from the previous year to 539,529 units, breaking ...

Two crew members were killed when the aircraft, which was on a test flight after maintenance, crashed into a home in Saga Prefecture.

Tokyo stocks on Tuesday saw their largest decline since 2016 as Wall Street's sell-off delivered heavy blows to investor risk appetite. The Nikkei 225 average temporarily fell more than 1,600 points to a low of 21,078.71, down from the previous day's close of 22,682.08. It ...

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,100 points Monday as stocks took their worst loss in six and a half years. Two days of steep losses have erased the market's gains from the start of this year and ended a period of ...

The market for studying abroad is booming, and with the right plan universities in Japan can easily enroll more international students.

Washington is once again playing with the dangerous notion of a 'limited' nuclear war.

Americans vote their pocketbooks, and their wallets are feeling better than they have in a long time.

The challenge facing Kazufusa Hosho is one that many guardians of traditional Japanese art forms know well: ensuring the survival of a centuries-old culture by attracting new and younger audiences. The 32-year-old is a 20th-generation head of the Hosho Noh School, which is based in ...

While visiting the Rathole Gallery, a confident 3 year-old told me that his favorite work in the current exhibition, Roni Horn’s “The Selected Gifts,” was a picture of meatballs. Among the straightforward, but nonetheless very beguiling, studio photographs of objects that the New-York based artist ...

Norichika Aoki says he is only thinking about victory for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, upon returning to the Central League ballclub after seven years in the major leagues. "I love this team for welcoming back warmly even though I ended up leaving them," Aoki told ...

IOC president Thomas Bach called it "a lively and spirited debate." That's an understatement. With the Winter Olympics set to open in only three days, Bach faced a barrage of criticism — and entrenched support — from roughly 100 International Olympic Committee members on Tuesday over ...

With the remarkable achievements he's accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels. Instead, he's chosen to voice his opinions about what he feels is right in hopes of bringing reform to Japanese track and field. The Aoyama ...

When a 19-year-old Noriaki Kasai competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time, Kiichi Miyazawa was Japanese Prime Minister, Bill Clinton was campaigning to become the United States president and Michael Jordan was the NBA's Most Valuable Player. Over the 26 years since the ...

Antonio Conte's future as Chelsea manager was cast into further doubt when the struggling English Premier League champion was thrashed by Watford 4-1 on Monday. The west London club, which lost 3-0 at home to Bournemouth last week, was poor again as Tiemoue Bakayoko was ...

Yuzuru Hanyu will be "100 percent" ready to defend his men's singles title at the Pyeongchang Olympics, his primary coach Brian Orser said Tuesday. Speaking a day after confirming Hanyu would compete in the men's event after deciding to skip the team event, the Canadian ...