Former U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to visit Japan later this month and might hold talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about North Korea, a Japanese government source said Monday. According to the source, final arrangements are being made and the visit is most ...

China announced Monday that it will boost its defense budget 8.1 percent this year from 2017, a larger increase than in the two previous years as leader Xi Jinping seeks to turn the country's military into a "world-class" force that can venture farther from ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a welcome banquet Monday for envoys dispatched by South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the start of a rare two-day visit to Pyongyang that was expected to focus on how to ease a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear ...

Bank of Japan deputy governor nominee, Masazumi Wakatabe, staked out an aggressive position in front of a Lower House committee on Monday, stating that "there are no limits to monetary policy." His comments stood in stark contrast to his future co-worker, deputy governor nominee Masayoshi ...

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will face more severe challenges from the central bank’s radical strategy for stoking 2 percent inflation and plans to unwind it.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a three-day visit to Okinawa from March 27 to commemorate the victims of World War II in what might be their final trip to the prefecture before the Emperor's abdication, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday. The Imperial ...

Police on Monday found a body in the two-story wooden house where a fire that burned down a train station northwest of Kobe started the previous day. The police believe the body is that of resident Toshiro Enomoto, 68, of Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, who was ...

The consortium of 11 companies plans to build 80 hydrogen stations nationwide as the government’s initiative to create a hydrogen-based economy revs up.

Chubu Electric Power Co. has developed a mobile payment app for virtual currencies, and has started testing it in-house with employees using it to purchase coffee. The company aims to make use of the ease with which individuals can make transactions using the app to ...

The suicide of a Nomura Real Estate Development employee is declared Japan’s latest death by overwork as ruling lawmakers push to expand the discretionary labor system the firm abused.

The U.S. and Russia seem determined to restart a nuclear arms race.

Economic statecraft for political purposes is the new coin of the realm, and Japan needs to adapt.

Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative.

Promoting U.S. trade hawk Peter Navarro to the office of assistant to the president would not be good for growth.

The region is tilting away from executions and toward rehab.

Team Japan amassed 13 medals in Pyeongchang, its best ever Winter Games medal haul.

The government has released new guidelines on the issue of what to do with pets during a disaster.

The 41st Japan Academy Prizes took place March 2 and legal thriller "The Third Murder" won big, including the awards for picture of the year and best direction for Hirokazu Kore-eda. The award for best animation went to Masaki Yuaasa's "Night is Short, Walk on ...

Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji and two colleagues on Sunday won this year's Academy Award for best makeup and hairstyling. Tsuji, the first Japanese to receive the award, shared the prize with Britons David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick. The trio was recognized for their work transforming ...

Cerezo Osaka ran through final preparations Monday on the eve of their Asian Champions League clash away to Thai side Buriram United. With hot and humid weather forecast for matchday, the visitors will need to maintain their focus to win, manager Yoon Jong-hwan said. "We have ...

Even though his prime is way behind him, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi is still protecting his goal with the same enthusiasm as ever. At age 42, the former Japan international goalkeeper now plays for S.C. Sagamihara of the J. League third division, the lowest level of the ...

At age 61, Japanese para ice hockey goalie Shinobu Fukushima hopes to make good use of his long experience at the upcoming Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. "There's no one else playing at this age, even in other countries," laughs Fukushima, whose first ...

Former Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shuichi Murata has joined the Tochigi Golden Braves in the independent Baseball Challenge League, the club announced Monday. Murata hit 14 home runs and batted .262 in 118 games for the Giants last season, his 15th in Nippon Professional Baseball, ...

Takashi Usami scored his third goal in as many games and had an assist as Fortuna Dusseldorf edged St. Pauli 2-1 to climb back to the top of the Bundesliga second-division table on Sunday. Usami's Samurai Blue teammate Genki Haraguchi also started in the game ...

Japan defeated Australia in an international friendly for the second straight night on Sunday, as Takahiro Norimoto and five other pitchers shut out the visitors in Samurai Japan's 6-0 victory. Norimoto, who started in the second of the two-game series, struck out five, while allowing ...

It was a typical British afternoon in early May: wet, cool and blustery. Not exactly the ideal conditions for running four laps around a track faster than many thought humanly possible. A lanky Oxford medical student named Roger Bannister looked up at the white-and-red English ...