The campaign is focused on Facebook because of its reach. About 43 percent of voters consume news on the platform, according the Democratic National Committee.

The head of the ruling party's influential tax panel also said that cutting the consumption tax to offset the economic damage from the coronavirus is "impossible."

Caregiving companies are going out of business even as the demand for their services increases.

Most complaints have centered around the minimal information that is included on the packaging.

Warning: A portion of this contribution deals with suicide, which some readers may find distressing. In this age of medical miracles, it has become increasingly common to read accounts of women who have given birth in their 60s or even 70s. For professional sumo wrestlers, ...

Japan's Heian Period courtiers displayed an attitude to sex unmatched in other societies of the day.

That leak is based on lists showing who got how much that Hiroshima prosecutors confiscated from the couple's home.

People began traveling en masse again in Japan on Saturday, a day after the government lifted its last-remaining inter-prefectural travel advisories.

Osaka voters will once again face a referendum on merging the city’s 24 wards following a decision on a plan that would create four large, semiautonomous wards.

Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone to read a signboard. An aspiring medic, in ...

A website based in Gifu Prefecture is matching up urban workers' business acumen with rural projects' needs.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 39 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, marking more than 20 new reported cases for three straight days in the capital. Although the capital fully lifted its business closure request on Friday, Tokyo's number of daily infections have been much higher than ...

The pandemic is delaying their meetings with the emperor, so they technically remain ambassadors-in-waiting.

The bank's revised guidelines don't close the door on nuclear-related businesses that make missiles capable of carrying atomic weapons.

North Korea is gearing up to send propaganda leaflets over its southern border, denouncing North Korean defectors and South Korea, its state media said on Saturday, the latest retaliation for leaflets from the South as bilateral tensions rise. Enraged North Korean people across the country ...

Offering protection to "rioters" from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwan's people and is an interference in the Chinese-ruled city's affairs, China's government said, denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island. Taiwan said on Thursday it will ...

The United States and Russia on Monday open talks on their last major nuclear agreement — but for some observers, it may simply be the beginning of the end. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has insisted, to no avail, that China join the discussions in ...

The World Health Organization warned Friday of a "new and dangerous phase" of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease's accelerating spread. The warning came as it emerged the virus was present in Italy in December, months before its first confirmed ...

A coronavirus vaccine candidate China is developing may not be ready for sale until at least 2021, as researchers struggle to move into large-scale human trials in the country because of a lack of new infections, a senior company executive said. More than 10 experimental ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the leaders of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to make good on an agreement to hold a face-to-face summit to try to tackle the world's problems as soon as possible. Putin made the appeal ...

While the largest cities attract wealth and innovation, they have also become hotbeds for COVID-19

Creamy and luxurious, pudding has graced everything from the tables of Japan’s fine-dining hotels to convenience stores. And it’s back in fashion.

Walk into any izakaya in Japan and you’ll always find shichimi spice on the table. But what is it, and why has it remained popular for over three centuries?

Toranomon Yokocho is the latest scrubbed-up yokochō to hit Tokyo, offering diners a la carte options from branches of high-end restaurants.

Ogasawara-ryu was taught to warriors across Japan as appropriate behavior for those of samurai breeding, and became the foundation for martial arts etiquette.

Anyone still searching for a Father’s Day gift is cutting it close. Here’s two sweet options for the perfect last-minute gift.

As her operation has grown, Udara Kametani has been able to provide fresh produce to around 50 stores around the Kansai region.

Japan struggles to deal with the cancellation of annual seasonal events that serve as a lifeblood for local communities.

Kamo no Chomei's "Hojoki" taps into the universal appeal and cognitive dissonance of a fundamental question of Buddhism: Can humans ever eliminate desire and attachment?

Chiyo Uno’s semi-autobiographical novel captures the spirit of a woman unrestrained by social norms.

If you’re curious about “world-renewing” gods, Takashi Miura’s “Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan” has you covered.

Japanese baseball fans likely won't be able to attend games until at least July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hideki Matsuyama missed the halfway cut at the RBC Heritage on Friday, failing to make up for a poor first round in his first tournament in more than three months. American Webb Simpson carded a 6-under-par 65 for the second straight day to lead the ...