The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed Sunday to go forward with mutual visits by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The agreement came as Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi makes a rare visit to Tokyo, in a sign of improving ...

A weekend poll show public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has dropped 5.4 points to 37.0 percent on fresh revelations that have deepened cronyism and cover-up suspicions related to him.

Could the decision to strike Syrian targets after a recent chemical weapons attack impact the planned landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un? It's complicated. But one thing is certain: The strikes will serve as a stark reminder ...

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday that scandal-hit Shinzo Abe is unlikely to win a third term in September's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in light of the public's growing distrust in him. "Winning a third term will be tough as he is losing ...

Mitsuru Kawai drops by a bathhouse for factory workers at Toyota Motor's headquarters in Aichi Prefecture each day before work. After washing, the 70-year-old executive dons a helmet and heads for its noisy forging plant instead of his corporate office suite. There, he passes on ...

The once lauded rapport between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is increasingly questioned, and experts say it is critical for Abe to work out what Trump’s real intentions are.

An elderly man is killed after being struck by part of a massive stone lantern that was knocked over by a bus in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

With the latest U.S. missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America's red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. What's unclear is where that red line now stands. The United States said its strikes were a response to ...

Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside the Diet on Saturday, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Organizers say about 50,000 people attended this weekend's rally in Tokyo — the biggest in nearly three ...

As the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, it finds itself at a new crossroads.

Addressing income and wealth disparities will require a careful balance between policies that ensure equality and policies that reward work and innovation.

In the historic Nakasendo post town of Tsumago, fashion designer Jun Obara uses vibrant color and traditional sashiko stitching to create bold fashion statements.

Incense workshops can be a sweet-smelling way to teach kids about a traditional craft of Japan

On: Tech looks at a few items from Slush Tokyo, one of Japan's largest startup and tech conferences: Toletto, the smart litter box, the high-quality sound speaker Ovo and a smartphone-enhanced kendama game.

When 24 million people visited Japan in 2016, it marked the first time the number surpassed 20 million, a figure that the government had hoped to meet by 2020.

Divers equipped with a simple color chart and an app can help keep an eye on the island prefecture's delicate coral ecosystem.

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Ryota Murata's style of fighting is so simple: Press his opponent and use his deadly signature right to beat him. It might have taken a little more time than fans expected, but he got the job done anyway. Murata successfully retained his WBA middleweight belt by ...

For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins faced a 17-point deficit entering the fourth quarter on Sunday against the host Alvark Tokyo. This time, though, the Diamond Dolphins fell short of grabbing their second improbable win of the weekend. Tokyo ...

Vissel Kobe scored twice against the run of play Sunday to snatch a 2-1 comeback victory against Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League. Second-half substitute Kazuma Watanabe netted the winner in the 79th minute shortly after his teammate Hirotaka Mita equalized at Yokohama's Nissan ...

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles snapped a three-game losing streak Sunday, beating the league-leading Seibu Lions 12-6 on the back of an eight-run first inning. The Eagles' lineup cost starter Brian Wolfe (1-1) seven hits and eight runs, seven of them earned, in ⅓ of ...

Seventh-favorite Epoca d'Oro earned his first Grade 1 victory after winning the 78th running of the Satsuki-sho on Sunday at Nakayama Racecourse. Jockey Keita Tosaki steered Epoca d'Oro behind the leading pack before coming from behind in the final dash to win the race in ...