The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 14 coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total in the capital to 5,231. Although Saturday's figure halted a four-day streak of climbing COVID-19 infections that began on Tuesday — the day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted the state of ...

If the nuclear watchdog's crews ended up infecting the 4,000 workers decommissioning the plant, the probe could have come to a halt.

The workplaces that employees nationwide are slowly returning to are unlikely to be the same as the ones they left when the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.

The public and the media cried foul because Kurokawa was seen to be sympathetic to the interests of the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Social media users want abusers to drop their veil of anonymity.

Will the global pandemic prompt us into changing the way we speak?

The famous public bathhouses are enjoying pent-up demand as virus-weary customers indulge.

Worries are mounting as home-based study is affected by one's environment, and many experts see risks for students in poor and single-parent households.

The bulk of officials are undecided, but the chiefs of towns and villages appear to be mostly opposed.

The surging infections in Kitakyushu are causing concern as the 47 prefectures move toward rebooting their virus-choked economies.

The government's projections were too optimistic, and the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic isn't helping either.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-touted response to China for its crackdown on Hong Kong included a barrage of criticism but stopped short of fully escalating tensions between the two nations.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of Group of Seven leaders that U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Politico website quoted her spokesman as saying Friday. Leaders from the G7, which ...

Britain is prepared to offer extended visa rights and a pathway to citizenship for almost 3 million Hong Kong residents in response to China's push to impose national security legislation in the former British colony. China's rubber-stamp parliament has approved a decision to go forward ...

The government was urged to "carefully consider" whether the visit should go ahead amid China's poor rights record, the Hong Kong crackdown and moves near the Senkakus.

The decision to criminally charge a police officer four days after the death of George Floyd shows how efforts to hold officers accountable often hinge on the level of protest and whether the incident was caught on video.

Newly declassified transcripts confirm that Michael Flynn, who became President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, discussed U.S. sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak before Trump’s inauguration. The transcripts from late 2016 and early 2017 that were released Friday by Republican senators show Flynn urged ...

Wuhan is set to complete the testing of its entire population of 11 million as China pours massive resources into avoiding a resurgence of COVID-19 infections. Hitting the goal at a time when the U.S. and other countries are struggling to implement adequate testing has ...

Back in mid-April, I took my 13-year-old cat to the vet for some tests. They told me his chronic heart disease had worsened, but it was nothing alarming. His condition started to deteriorate a few days later, ultimately leading to a 3 a.m. trip ...

When a bottle of Karuizawa 52-year-old Zodiac Rat sold for a record price at auction in March 2020, the sale proved Japan’s whisky is serious business.

Four coffee subscription services to keep your mug full from the comfort of home.

Masao Adachi pivoted from his career as an architect into the world of glass, developing a technique he calls his silk-thread pattern.

One recent food fad in Singapore has been salted duck-egg potato chips. Now, snack maker Calbee has gotten in on the action.

Looking to learn the ropes of Japanese cooking? Begin with these cookbooks.

“Hold Your Breath, China,” is the 10th detective novel in the saga of Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau.

Quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Joe Burrow also speak out as protests go on around U.S.

It is the land of the world champions, but is it really a soccer country? That is the question some in France have been asking this week as the country's European neighbors work to bring the sport back after the coronavirus shutdown. Debate has raged ever ...

Daigo Higa returned to the ring for the first time in nearly two years in February.