The Rikyugura sake brewery is looking to the future as it taps into the thriving Japanese whisky market and opened Senshu ...

OTSU—The main hall of Enryakuji temple, a national treasure here on Mount Hieizan, will be restored to its Edo Period ...

BANGKOK—Myanmar's ruling military declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war Wednesday to facilitate relief ...

BANGKOK—The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured ...

Los Angeles Dodgers fans can now celebrate a win--or drown their sorrows after a loss--with a cup of Japanese sake on their ...

South Korean makeup and skincare brands may have dethroned France as Japan’s top cosmetics importer for the first time in ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

The Shirakawa village office will raise fees at municipal parking lots on Oct. 1 in hopes of thinning out the crowds of ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

KOCHI--The Harimayabashi bridge here, considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second ...