The Japan Fair Trade Commission will question the e-commerce giant over its plan on the suspicion that small merchants will be forced to shoulder the cost of the points.

The committee classified most areas along the trench as category 3, meaning the chance of a major quake is estimated to be 26 percent or more over the period.

The minister is considering offering financial assistance to Honda and is expected to ask the firm to cancel its plan to shut down the company’s only factory in England.

Kang Kyung-wha said in an ordinary session of the U.N. Human Rights Council that the matter has not been settled because the accord lacked a “victim-centered” approach.

The Japan Times asked author Suzanne Kamata to reach out to some of her fellow writers for their memories and thoughts about Donald Keene, the noted scholar of Japanese literature who died Sunday in Tokyo at age 96. Here is a short collection of ...

Theresa May is considering a plan to delay Brexit and stop the U.K. leaving the European Union with no deal next month, according to people familiar with the situation. The prime minister is expected to allow her Cabinet to discuss extending the deadline beyond March ...

Europeans must heed Mike Pence's dark warnings to achieve Joe Biden's bright vision

The China deal is exposing Trump's willingness to sacrifice long-standing American ideals for short-term political gain.

With a single tweet, the U.S. president scuttled years of American efforts to isolate North Korea and force Kim to denuclearize.

The tourist boom in Japan shows no sign of ending, with the number of visitors only set to increase in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Whether for bulk shopping, temple visiting or sushi-counter hopping, Tokyo and surrounding neighborhoods have endless ...

As the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art's final Heisei Era (1989-2019) exhibition, this ambitious and somewhat provocative show looks back on the socio-political roles art played in the midst of the past 90 or so years.

March 8-10 Art Fair Tokyo is the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia. When it first launched as the Nippon International Contemporary Art Fair (NICAF) in 1992, it was the first and largest contemporary art fair in Asia. The fair was relaunched ...

March 1-May 31 A pioneer of color photography, Austria-born American photographer Ernst Haas (1921-86) was one of the most influential photographers of his time. He helped establish color photography as a form of artistic expression during the 1950s and was often referred to as "the ...

Feb. 23-March 31 Born in Singapore, Errol Le Cain (1941-1989) spent his early childhood in India until he moved to the U.K. by himself at the age of 17 to study animation. Settled in the U.K. until his death, Le Cain's first self-authored picture book ...

Kashima Antlers' star striker Yuma Suzuki will be out for roughly two more months after aggravating a right hamstring injury in training, the J. League club said Tuesday. The 22-year-old forward, who has not played due to the injury since late last year, suffered a ...

Gonzaga is back atop the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. The Zags moved up a spot Monday to begin a second stint at No. 1 this season, both times replacing Duke at the top. Gonzaga (27-2) spent two weeks at No. 1 after ...

When it comes to international sports, the cozy western Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fukuroi has already been there and done that. At this year's Rugby World Cup, however, the town is confident that it can offer a lot more. In 2002, Fukuroi accepted fans from across ...

The Japanese skating juggernaut rolled into The Hague last week for the Challenge Cup and left town on Monday with a total of five golds medals in an impressive show of dominance. Rika Kihira, Sota Yamamoto, Yuhana Yokoi, Shun Sato and Sara Honda all topped ...

An arrest warrant for Patriots owner Robert Kraft is expected Monday, which prompted the NFL to release an updated statement on the status of the pillar of the New England franchise. Kraft is facing two counts of misdemeanor solicitation of a prostitute connected to a ...