The martial art of iaidō has been hit by its own corruption scandal, with the All Japan Kendo Federation saying Friday that people taking promotional exams often paid money to their examiners in order to win their approval. The federation said it discovered a case of a ...

Ishiba is set to challenge Abe in September’s LDP presidential election, with the Constitution issue likely to be a focus of policy debates.

China has ordered the world's top pork producer, WH Group Ltd., to shut a major slaughterhouse as authorities race to stop the spread of deadly African swine fever (ASF) after a second outbreak in the planet's biggest hog herd in two weeks. The discovery of ...

Yamaguchi Wrecker Co., Japan's leading tow truck supplier, is providing wreckers to local authorities in Indonesia so it can ease the country's heavy traffic jams. The company says it has received an order for 44 small wreckers from the transportation agency of the DKI Jakarta ...

The agricultural minister on Thursday welcomed Hong Kong's decision to partially lift a ban on food imports from five prefectures imposed after the 2011 Fukushima crisis and said exports to Hong Kong would expand. "We are very grateful that there has been a relaxation on ...

When Shen Mengyu graduated with a master's degree from a top Chinese university in 2015, she could have landed a comfortable job in government or at one of China's internet giants. Instead, she went to work at a car parts factory in the southern city ...

China's regulators have frozen approvals of game licenses amid a government shake-up, according to people familiar with the matter, throwing the world's biggest gaming market into disarray. The halt follows a restructuring of power among departments, said the people, who asked not to be named ...

Municipalities across Japan are reaching out to the social recluses known as hikikomori to help them find their place in society without focusing solely on getting them back into the workforce. Japan has some 540,000 people aged 15 to 39 who, aside from taking care ...

Battery technologies are advancing at breakneck pace, to the extent that models featuring some of the latest developments may become obsolete before even reaching the market. Teams of scientists from San Francisco to Shenzhen are experimenting with new chemical processes to improve traditional lithium-ion cells ...

A new government airplane to be used for overseas visits by Imperial family members and the prime minister arrived in Hokkaido from Switzerland on Friday morning, ahead of its entry into service next fiscal year. The Boeing 777-300ER, one of two planes to be newly ...

In a joint statement, the experts expressed their deep concerns “about possible exploitation by deception regarding the risks of exposure to radiation.”

Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the group used computers at China's Tsinghua University to ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that American farmers are starting to prosper. But recent data tell a different story. "They are, I hear, despite everything they're starting to really do well," Trump said in comments broadcast from a Cabinet meeting at the White House. "They're ...

A mobile blood-testing lab. Hand-washing stations on street corners. Motorcycle taxi drivers forbidden from sharing spare helmets. If Ebola is coming, the city of Goma in eastern Congo wants to be ready. An outbreak suspected of killing 43 people is spreading across the lush farmlands ...

Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training center for Afghanistan's intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, holding off security forces for hours before being killed. The incident comes at a time of high tension after a series of attacks across Afghanistan, including ...

The land and internal affairs ministries admitted Friday they may have padded their employment rates of people with disabilities.

It will be essential for the next LDP president to aggressively promote decentralization, in particular in transferring tax revenue sources to municipalities.

Japan on Tuesday lost a dedicated friend with the passing of Sir Hugh Cortazzi.

The Motobu Peninsula is, at least to the casual guest, an earthly Utopia. How many of us, spellbound by nature, have dreamed of withdrawing to a rural idyll like this?

Fans of Aretha Franklin came together at New York City's landmark Apollo Theater and on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday to pay their respects to the Queen of Soul, singing along to her hits and sharing memories of her remarkable career. Franklin, known ...

A pair of big at-bats by Sho Nakata and Brandon Laird against tiring lefty Yusei Kikuchi lifted the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 5-3 win against the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions on Friday. Amid speculation this week of his being posted to the major ...

Brandt Snedeker shot 11-under-par 59 in the first round at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday, before vowing to keep attacking at an event with a recent history of very low winning scores. His course record earned a four-stroke lead over fellow Americans Ryan Moore and ...

Police have questioned two former coaches of Nihon University's American football team on a voluntary basis after one of its players who injured an opponent with a dangerous tackle said he was ordered by the two to do so, investigative sources said on Friday. Former ...