A Tokyo court on Tuesday rejected ousted Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's appeal to end his detention following his arrest last month on allegations of financial misconduct. Ghosn has been held at the Tokyo Detention House since he was arrested Nov. 19 on suspicion ...

The government's plan to hand out rebates to consumers who make cashless purchases could consist of two separate rates, sources with knowledge of the plans said Tuesday, raising concerns that the initiative will be confusing for consumers. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that the ...

Average world temperatures are on track to far exceed the central goal set in the 2015 Paris agreement on limiting global warming, a study showed on Tuesday. But the overshoot by the end of this century could be slightly less severe than previously expected thanks ...

Tourist sites in Hokkaido are coming up with creative solutions to bring foreign visitors back to their events this winter — the busiest season of the year — while also promoting safety. Three months have passed since a massive earthquake shook the region on Sept. ...

Within weeks of being awarded the event, Osaka leaders on Tuesday kicked off preparations for the 2025 World Expo. A formal prefectural headquarters to plan and prepare for the event was opened the same day by Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui. The office will coordinate with ...

The number of rubella patients has reached 2,454 this year and the spread is believed to be mainly caused by unvaccinated men in the targeted age group.

Katsuya Kodama's wife died two years ago, and the 77-year-old keeps her ashes on a Buddhist altar in their suburban home outside Tokyo. "I talk to her morning and night, tell her everything," he said. "I sit on the chair she used in the bath ...

Search operations, which included vessels from the Self-Defense Forces, had been underway since a KC-130 tanker plane collided with an F/A-18 fighter jet during training Thursday.

Located in northwestern Honshu on the Sea of Japan coast, Akita Prefecture has long been thought of in Tokyo and especially western Japan as remote — part of poet Matsuo Basho's famed "The Narrow Road to the Deep North." The prefecture is well-known for the ...

Olympus Corp. said Tuesday it was fined $85 million in a plea deal reached with the U.S. Justice Department after admitting failure to report infections connected to its duodenum endoscopes to U.S. authorities. In the agreement, Olympus admitted it did not report three separate cases ...

Faced with a Brexit vote she cannot win, Prime Minister Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament. Less than 24 hours after Environment Secretary Michael Gove insisted the vote on May's ...

Major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. began experimenting Tuesday with a hot-and-ready food-dispensing robot that looks like its famous mascot, Karaage-kun, at an outlet in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. Karaage refers to Japanese fried chicken. The robot, Dekitate (ready-to-eat) Karaage-kun Robo, can prepare food quickly as ...

Members of religious groups and other citizens sued the government on Monday, claiming that planned public spending on ceremonies involving the enthronement of Crown Prince Naruhito next year violates the constitutional principle of separation of religion and politics. The 241 plaintiffs including Christians and Buddhists ...

The Trump administration intends to start trade negotiations with Tokyo as early as mid-January, after notifying Congress of its plans in October.

It was all so calm, so British. But when a Labour lawmaker picked up the mace in the House of Commons on Monday evening to protest Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to put off a Parliamentary defeat for her Brexit deal, he was making a ...

The road, hemmed in on one side by empty warehouses and the other by a concrete seawall, ends abruptly in a desolate parking lot. Men step out of their cars and into the darkness, then slip behind the sliding doors of a warehouse. Inside, ...

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine at a ceremony Monday in Stockholm, for his discovery of a protein on immune cells that paved the way for a new approach to cancer treatment. After accepting the medal and diploma from ...

Donald Trump on Monday defended hush money payments reported by his former lawyer a day after Democrats said the U.S. president could face impeachment and jail time if the transactions are proven to be campaign finance violations. Trump, in early morning tweets, said Democrats were ...

It is impossible for Japan to choose unequivocally between the U.S. and China.

How Beijing pressures and deploys Chinese citizens abroad to expand its power and influence is an issue of grave concern.

Musicals have flourished in 2018, with many young stars also helping to sell out straight plays in which they appeared. However, the contemporary drama scene in Japan has been unusually quiet this year in terms of new works and writers. It is fitting that Keita ...

For a dance-loving country like Japan, every year brings delight in the variety of performances on offer, but the depth and breadth of 2018 on stage has been particularly grand for fans across a wide range of genres and movements. In January, the New National ...

Koji Hoshino, chairman of animation house Studio Ghibli, is hoping "My Neighbor Totoro" will be worth the wait for Chinese fans when it finally starts screening at cinemas in the mainland from Friday. A digitally remastered version of the film about two young sisters who ...

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on Tuesday announced the four finalists for the official nickname to be given to volunteers working at competition venues and the athletes' village. The shortlisted nominees are "Field Cast," "Games Anchor," "Games Force" and "Shining Blue," ...

Rika Kihira's super season continued over the weekend with a decisive victory at the Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, British Columbia. The young star dethroned Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia to take the crown. The 16-year-old Kihira has won all four of her events ...