Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that keeping a dialogue with Chinese President Xi Jinping is important in maintaining "constructive" bilateral ties and cooperative relations.

A tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido last month, leaving 14 people dead and 12 missing, was successfully raised to the surface.

Hiroyuki Hosoda said he is considering to sue a weekly magazine's reports about his alleged acts of sexual harassment.

Toshiba Corp. nominated an executive from M&A advisory firm Houlihan Lokey as chairperson and activist shareholders as outside directors.

Kishida has said that Japan’s strict border controls were necessary to buy time, but the government will ease restrictions from here on.

Rising energy prices stemming from the war in Ukraine have stirred debate over nuclear power, but the government would have to bypass its own rules to accelerate reactor restarts.

The capital marked a week-on-week drop in new cases for the 13th consecutive day.

There is a growing demand for milk banks and rising awareness that babies born prematurely can be protected by breast milk, which can boost immunity.

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, strategy has in large part evolved into attempts at entrapment. But as the encounter at the bridge illustrated, the tactic comes with grave risks.

Olena Samoylenko says it was "heartbreaking" to see the destruction in places where she had played with her daughter.

The measures are also intended to help safeguard exchanges with American and European institutions.

Jharkhand locals say the lack of power is unfair on their state, whose coal reserves light up big cities and power the nation's industries.

The U.S. military said in a news release the drill was intended to "showcase combined capabilities to deter and counter regional threats."

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Yoshikawa received a total of ¥5 million from the then-head of Akita Foods between November 2018 and August 2019.

Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws.

Since a coup ousted her government in February 2021, plunging Myanmar into upheaval, the 76-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate has been in military custody and faces a raft of charges.

Goodwill is lacking in Moscow, which has squarely blamed the Western sanctions imposed in response to Russia's military campaign in Ukraine for the food crisis.

Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school because it was on lockdown.

Speaking on a visit to Washington, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country would continue to push for greater access to the U.S. market even without the trade pact.

Kings of the combustion age such as General Motors and Volkswagen are falling behind local players in the booming electric vehicle market in China.

Gains in the currency are giving the government pause, as they bite into exporter competitiveness and budget revenue on oil, gas and other commodities sold abroad.

By boosting its overseas network of about 500 investment bankers, Daiwa hopes to hit its target of earning ¥50 billion annually from M&A advisory in three to five years.

The confusion underlines how Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has caught Berlin on the back foot, revealing how starkly ill-equipped it is for military action.

The Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, has warned that "there are no clever schemes or shortcuts" to fund increased defense spending.

There are concerns some proposals to handle a faster-than-expected recovery may be too much for a global workforce decimated by layoffs and bereft of its most experienced pilots

Political analysts and Republican strategists caution that any jubilation among Trump's enemies over David Perdue's loss to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is short-sighted.

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of center-left Labor has promised to end the "climate wars" that have dogged politics in Australia for years.

The move comes as the government plans to establish an agency dedicated to overseeing children and family affairs policies next April.

The economic framework has been joined by countries including Japan and the two Southeast Asian nations, although details including how negotiations will proceed remain unclear.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s five-day trip to Japan and South Korea will be judged a success.

While "Inu-Oh" contains good insights into how folk traditions are born, the visuals and music could've benefited from more variety.

Though charming, the film adaptation of a novel by Mizuki Tsujimura misses an opportunity to tackle the actual problems facing young animators.

"Hopefully people will not think that I abandoned the Philippines, because I love the Philippines. I also love Japan. "It's still the same me, it's just the flag."

Teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz and No. 3 Alexander Zverev each had to save a match point to advance in Paris.

Kaepernick, 34, has not played in the NFL or trained with a club since becoming a free agent in 2017 after being informed that he would be released by the San Francisco 49ers.

Jose Mourinho said that he and Roma had made history after winning the Europa Conference League on Wednesday, the club's first ever major European trophy. Portuguese coaching icon Mourinho tried and failed to hold back the tears after Roma beat Feyenoord in its first continental ...

The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.

Yu Darvish turned in another quality start but a lack of run support led to his second loss of the 2022 campaign as the San Diego Padres were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Wednesday. Darvish (4-2) was tagged with the loss in the ...

Sagan Tosu foiled an improbable comeback by Kashima Antlers after Masaya Tashiro's last-gasp header left their J. League first-division clash deadlocked 4-4 on Wednesday. A 94th-minute goal from late substitute Itsuki Someno appeared to seal the victory for Rene Weiler's Antlers, who scored twice in ...

Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League's Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play with a 5-3 win over the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday. Okamoto, the Giants' cleanup hitter, overturned ...