U.S. President Donald Trump's substantially higher tariffs, including those on all car imports, are set to slow ...

The number of yakuza members and associates in Japan fell to a record low of 18,800 at the end of last year amid a rise in ...

A beating lab-grown heart made from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells was recently shown to reporters for the first time ...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more shelteri ...

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to hand down a ruling Friday on whether to remove or reinstate Yoon Suk Yeol as ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged over 2 percent Friday morning after Wall Street tumbled overnight amid heightening fears of a ...

The U.S. dollar briefly sank to a six-month low in the lower 145 yen range in New York on Thursday after the country's ...

BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday voiced "serious concerns" ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya pledged Thursday that Japan will remain steadfast in supporting Ukraine's pursuit of peace ...

U.S. companies had trillions of dollars in value wiped out Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on ...

OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- An ancient type of sushi called "funazushi," considered by many to be the original form of the raw ...