The proportion of respondents who gave bad scores to the state response to the coronavirus pandemic stood at 60 percent, swamping the 37.4 percent who expressed favorable views.

Could Daigo's uncharacteristically serious tone in recent times indicate that he is finally thinking of a career in politics?

First, some glum news: John Coates, head of the International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission, was quoted in The Australian on May 21 as expressing doubt over prospects for the Tokyo Olympics to be held in summer next year. Coates went on record as saying ...

Riot police storm a hijacked All Nippon Airways jumbo jet in dramatic predawn rescue, rescuing 364 captives to end a nearly 16-hour standoff.

Like other popular venues in the capital, the food market will clamp down on restaurant lines and overcrowding, and require masks be worn for entry.

Social media users clamor to produce parodies of pronunciation re-enactment.

Gang leadership says it's wrong to “rob (elderly) individuals of the money they need to live.”

The subway station is between Kasumigaseki and Kamiyacho and is also linked to Toranomon Station on the Ginza Line.

In the Yarra Ranges, in southeastern Australia, a logging clearcut sits like a scar on the hillside. The largely barren area — a short drive from the town of Warburton, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Melbourne — used to be covered with trees ...

Highly anticipated trip may not be realized until next spring — or later — as Hong Kong moves, pandemic put event on backburner.

Yokota's death is a blow to the families fighting to get their loved ones back, and the 'top priority' issue might now be treated as a mere distraction amid the pandemic.

Tokyo confirmed 26 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, marking a three-day streak of at least 20, metropolitan government officials said. The capital is in the midst of renewed concern that it may be seeing a possible resurgence of infections after the state of emergency was ...

The government plans to start distributing the new PCs and tablet devices as early as this fall and shoulder half the costs.

The designer wants the Japanese government to have a stock of easily assembled structures ready to be used in case a disaster strikes.

The government-sponsored annual ceremony is usually attended by about 6,000 people, including the emperor and empress, and the prime minister, as well as relatives of the war dead.

CEO Takeshi Niinami estimates roughly 80 percent of the nation's diners will return to their favorite culinary haunts supplied by its drinks.

French forces have killed the leader of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, French officials said Friday. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases it uses to carry out attacks and abductions of ...

North Korea lashed out at South Korea for the second day in a row on Friday, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and calling the South naive to think the North wants dialogue and negotiations right now. A spokesman for the United Front Department ...

With companies and universities around the world working flat out, it's likely we'll end up with a few coronavirus vaccines, not just one.

Unprecedented travel restrictions have crippled tourism, forcing businesses in the sector to rethink strategies and explore new opportunities.

It is rare to see Kyoto’s most popular tourist spots with so few people, but due to COVID-19, the number of visitors to Japan, and to Kyoto, has plunged to record low levels, leaving many of sightseeing destinations deserted.

During Week 1 of stay-at-home orders in Chicago, I ordered beer from a local craft brewery. By Week 9, I was making nattō (fermented soybeans) at home.

This could be the perfect time to (safely) support your favorite operations, before they get busy again.

One Uber Eats courier in Japan reveals why he took up delivery and what he worries about while on the job.

Fakalo Pizza Gallery remains a labor-of-love operation with a half-dozen varieties each of red (tomato) and white (cheese) on the menu.

Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, one of the leading schools of swordsmanship in Japan for over 450 years, was a complete departure from previous methods of attack.

The celebratory “Matcha no Odoroki Series” brings together the talents of patissier Toshi Yoroizuka and Kyoto-based green tea producer Gion Tsujiri.

In smooth, heady prose, Antony Dapiran shows what he calls “a fight for the very soul of Hong Kong.”

“Weird” and “quirky” are adjectives readily bandied about when reviewing Japanese literature. So what happens when something truly bizarre comes along?

MLB and its players continue to clash over money as they try to reach an agreement to start the 2020 season.

Harry Kane hopes Tottenham can benefit from focusing solely on the Premier League when the battle for a place in next season's Champions League resumes. The Premier League season is set to restart on June 17, with manager Jose Mourinho's Spurs hosting his former club ...