On a recent summer evening, tranquility reigned in this small neighborhood in Wakayama, where nothing but the occasional barking of dogs and chirring of grasshoppers broke the peaceful silence. This rural idyll, however, was somewhat marred by the eerie sight of an empty lot that ...

Organizers said this year’s four-day event has brought together 787 exhibitors from a broad spectrum of sectors.

An evacuation center in Tokyo turned away two homeless people as a deadly typhoon approached on the weekend, prompting widespread criticism and a promise from the prime minister on Tuesday that it would not happen again. Staff at the evacuation center at a school in ...

Yudai Funato was accused of causing Yua’s death from sepsis in March of last year.

British companies are coming under more pressure than ever to develop a footprint in non-EU markets.

Tokyo Vice Gov. Manabu Miyasaka, a former president of Yahoo Japan Corp., has vowed to spread 5G advanced wireless communications services. In a recent interview, Miyasaka, who assumed his current post late last month, unveiled a plan to work on spreading 5G so that individuals ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, viewed as a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism by neighboring countries, during its annual autumn festival, government and ruling party sources said Tuesday. But he is expected to send a ritual offering to the ...

The Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival, which included a controversial exhibition featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing the so-called comfort women, came to a close Monday. As the 75-day festival in Aichi Prefecture ended, Gov. Hideaki Omura, head of the event's organizing committee, told ...

WeWork's bankers are pitching investors on what would be one of the riskiest junk-debt offerings in recent years, and potentially giving the venture's top private shareholders a final chance to avoid having their stakes severely diluted. A roughly $5 billion financing package led by JPMorgan ...

Hong Kong's subway system has closed early for more than a week, effectively cutting off the main mode of transportation for millions of residents. Many are now wondering how long it will last. Following unprecedented vandalism on the night of Oct. 4, when Chief Executive ...

As technology blurs the boundaries between personal and professional lives, some pioneering companies in Japan are going against the grain by allowing employees to refuse work phone calls and emails on their days off. As others grapple with ways of implementing work-style reforms, these firms ...

Three years ago, Moon Jae-in was among the masses on the streets of Seoul seeking to oust a president accused of ignoring the people's will. Now, his own presidency is facing a similar crisis. Moon was forced to issue a public apology Monday after Cho ...

A payoff scandal has struck Japan's nuclear world, threatening to delay the restart of idled reactors in what's becoming the industry's biggest crisis since the Fukushima meltdowns of 2011. The issue, which emerged at the end of last month, centers around how an influential municipal ...

Greenpeace activists boarded two Royal Dutch Shell oil platforms in the British North Sea on Monday in protest against plans to leave parts of the giant structures in place after production shuts down. Pictures provided by Greenpeace show two people in yellow hats scaling one ...

Harley-Davidson Inc. has halted production of LiveWire, the debut electric bike it's counting on to attract new riders. The motorcycle maker recently discovered an issue during final quality checks, according to an emailed statement that doesn't provide details. Harley said it stopped production and deliveries ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 275 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage on Monday, the third hike this year, as hyperinflation drains the value of workers' salaries. The minimum wage rose to 150,000 bolivars ($8) from 40,000, lawmaker Francisco Torrealba, a former labor ...

Hold on to your smartphone — the holiday price wars between Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are heating up. Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has introduced a program to temporarily lower the price consumers pay for some items on its marketplace site, where third-party vendors ...

The ramifications of the mistake Trump made are so grave that no leader of an ally or friend of American can ignore it.

The U.S. needs a cost-benefit analysis to decide whether the Middle East is still a priority.

We must fundamentally rethink how to create a more sustainable world.

Warrior cops don't make us safer. They're loose cannons who need psychiatric counseling, not guns.

Airlines are investing in virtual reality because the global tourism boom is unsustainable.

Same-sex relationships, American bases in Okinawa, globalization, the Olympics, the atomic bomb, national identity, the exploitation of natural resources — "Image Narratives: Literature in Japanese Contemporary Art" at The National Art Center, Tokyo, does not lack for hot button topics.

Duncan Reid, formerly of British punk group The Boys, brings his latest band to Japan for a series of high-energy live shows

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said Tuesday that Japan's performance at the Rugby World Cup has "changed the face" of the sport. Asked whether Japan could become a Tier-1 nation and play in either the Six Nations or the Rugby Championship, Beaumont said, "What we ...

Kei Nishikori announced Tuesday on Twitter that he will part with longtime coach Dante Bottini, who has guided him since 2011. "After nine years of working together literally day in and day out, I have decided it is time for a new voice," wrote Nishikori, ...

Former All Blacks scrumhalf Justin Marshall screamed "what a pass" in his television commentary, while New Zealand and Irish media credited it with sparking "The Great Escape." Dane Coles pretends not to remember the pass at all. "Which one was that again?" the All Blacks hooker ...

Stephen Jones might have been a late call-up to the Wales coaching squad but he has quickly got himself up to speed on one aspect of the job — revealing as little as possible to the media. Jones took over as attack coach after Rob ...

Climbers Miho Nonaka and Kai Harada gave Japan two bouldering golds Monday at the inaugural World Beach Games, an international beach multisport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees. Keita Watabe, meanwhile, finished behind Harada for the men's silver, raising the medal hopes ...

Chiba Jets point guard Yuki Togashi maintained his poise during his zero-point scoring performance (0-for-11 from the floor) in Sunday's series opener, a game in which he dished out 12 assists. A day later, Togashi bounced back and regained his shooting touch as the Jets ...