Muto Masatane and his wife Yuko welcomed a healthy baby girl. He lives with incurable ALS. We follow the couple navigating ...

China and the United States have traded accusations over their respective actions in the South China Sea at a UN Security ...

The Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain is planning to sell part of its bank unit to major trading firm ...

Japan has started use of an eye-scan technology to help block AI-generated impersonators often used in online fraud. It has ...

Three years after the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol fell to Russia, a campaign calling for the release of prisoners of ...

The European Union has decided to impose additional sanctions on Russia. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

The prime minister of Qatar said on Tuesday that efforts to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas have reached a ...

Japan's agriculture minister Eto Taku on Wednesday submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru over his ...

People across much of Japan sweated through a second day of unseasonably hot weather on Wednesday.

Tokyo's Asakusa district has long been a popular tourist spot, famed for the city's oldest temple and its retro atmosphere. Rickshaw tours through the neighborhood are emerging as popular experiences.

Concerns about sustainability and animal welfare have driven development of meat alternatives. But it really comes down to taste. Researchers in Japan hope their lab-grown version of gourmet beef will ...

Incidents of wrong-way driving are on the rise in Japan. We look at what's being done to prevent them, and offer tips for overseas visitors on how to drive safely.