Roughly half of children in elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan do not read books -- a 1.5-fold increase over ...

Indonesian authorities said Friday they have identified a 17-year-old boy as the suspect in an attack that shook a mosque a ...

Some Japanese department stores and other businesses have continued selling items related to the World Exposition in Osaka, ...

The season for autumn leaves has started in Japan, and many people want to go hiking. But this year, more hikers are worried ...

The Mie Prefectural Government is set to install menstrual pads in a restroom at its headquarters here on a trial basis ...

Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming ...

A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration failed to meet the legal requirements for ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has described U.S. President Donald Trump as "a lively and humorous person" ...

The city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture has everything. It's a city with a rural vibe and warm and friendly residents, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Friday to reconsider the government's current single-year fiscal discipline target, in ...

Honda Motor Co. said Friday it has slashed its full-year net profit outlook to 300 billion yen ($1.95 billion) from the ...

Counting students' appearances in yearbooks to ensure they are fairly represented is the most burdensome yearbook-related ...