A Tokyo Electric Power Co. subsidiary is tapping into bitcoin mining, banking that it can prevent renewable energy from being ...

A four-way race kicked off Sept. 7 for leadership of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan as the main opposition ...

Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, plans to replace Natsuo Yamaguchi as party leader at its convention on ...

Shiro Ozaki, a prominent author of the Showa Era (1926-1989), was said to often hum a ditty that went something like, ...

SEOUL--Japan and South Korea signed an agreement to work together when evacuating their citizens from third countries during ...

A powerful typhoon made two landfalls in southern China Friday after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of ...

TOYAMA--Any hospital patient being wheeled off to surgery is bound to feel anxious about the procedure and the possibility ...

A 70-year-old woman in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward hops from workplace to workplace almost daily using an app that has helped ...

Japan’s leading flea market website continues to thrive on the idea that one person’s garbage is another person’s treasure.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is reported to be a big soccer fan, and he promised in a 2015 document to resuscitate the men's ...

Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Fumihito, turned 18 on Sept. 6, marking the first time in 39 years that a male ...

When a sightseeing boat sank in rough seas off the coast here two years ago, the ship's captain was unable to call for help ...