A government source says Japan may assign two Self-Defense Force vessels to help protect Middle East waterways as part of a dispatch plan under consideration.

By tapping a ¥500 billion reserve fund, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will make an all-out effort to get the lives of people affected by recent disasters back to normal.

The U.S. reportedly offered a long-term plan to help North Korea develop a tourist area in return for denuclearization during recent working-level talks in Stockholm that ended with the North side walking out, according to a new report. American negotiators had drafted a plan to ...

DreamWorks' animated movie "Abominable" will not be released in Malaysia after its producers declined to meet a censor board requirement to cut a scene showing China's "nine-dash line" in the South China Sea, the movie distributor said on Sunday. The U-shaped line is used on ...

Empress Emerita Michiko marks her 85th birthday but planned celebrations are canceled following last weekend’s deadly typhoon, the Imperial Household Agency said.

If it needs to ease monetary policy, the Bank of Japan will ‘certainly’ reduce short- to medium-term interest rates, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says.

Firebrand Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday with a massive rally that marked the septuagenarian's return to the campaign trail following a heart attack earlier this month. "I call him 'tio Bernie,' " Ocasio-Cortez, 30, said at the rally ...

The collateral damage of the United States' trade wars is being felt from the fjords of Iceland to the auto factories of Japan. Central bank governors and finance ministers traded grim tales of suffering economies at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank fall meetings ...

Japan has reason to be concerned about its security guarantees.

Beijing's recent attempt to bully the NBA over a tweet in support of the Hong Kong protesters has backfired and could prove costly.

Alison Beale has worked for more than 22 years in education and cultural relations between the United Kingdom and Japan, having left home a month after graduating university.

It's one of the world's most iconic expressions of a night sky: a bold yellow moon, a milky expanse of stars and gradated shades of blue alongside the swirling silhouette of a cypress tree and a distant sleeping village. "The Starry Night," created by Dutch ...

When it was revealed that Pico Iyer knew only a "smattering" of Japanese despite living in Japan for 25 years, some were critical. However, could there be artistic benefits to not being fluent?

The gorgeous Gobo was featured here many months ago but still has not found a home after five long years. Gobo's only fault, if you could call it that, is his wariness. He doesn't run with wagging tail to greet people. Born to a feral ...

South Africa ended Japan's phenomenal run at the Rugby World Cup with a 26-3 win in Sunday night's quarterfinal. Japan, which was playing a World Cup knockout match for the first time ever, fell behind to an early Makazole Mapimpi try at Tokyo Stadium before ...

In the sole previous Rugby World Cup encounter between the two, Wales was forced to compete with one man down and wound up losing by one point. This time, it was its opponent that had the same problem and ended up losing by one point. Wales ...

Every team had a shot at Kodai Senga. Even the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, who ultimately ended up with him, passed on the right-hander a few times during the 2010 draft before taking him as a fourth-choice developmental player. Oh how he has developed. Fast-forward almost a decade ...

New Zealand star Beauden Barrett paid tribute to his team's ability to shake off the cobwebs in Saturday's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal demolition of Ireland, as the All Blacks returned from a two-week layoff to set up a semifinal showdown against England. The All Blacks ...