A planned trial run for displaying Japanese political advertisements on convenience stores' electronic signage screens has been canceled, an association promoting the digitalization of election ...

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials met in London on Monday, with a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump expecting ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agree to build stable bilateral ties amid ...

Over 70 countries are set to call for targets to reduce plastic production and consumption worldwide to combat marine pollution in a joint statement to be issued at the U.N. Ocean Conference this week ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in nominal terms in 2040, instructing his ruling party executives to include it in a ...

Former yokozuna Hakuho plans to remain involved with sumo despite severing ties with the sport's ruling body, the winner of a ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator is arranging a visit to the United States later this week for a sixth round of ...

The government plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from its stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday, in the latest effort to curb the ...

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has been spotted in the vicinity of Japan's easternmost island in the Pacific, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Sunday, noting that it is the first time that a ...

Junto Nakatani took a big step toward a potential future showdown with Naoya "Monster" Inoue by defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their bantamweight title unification bout Sunday.

Japan and the United States have yet to find common ground on tariff issues but still aim to strike a deal of some sort in ...

A private funeral was held Sunday in Tokyo for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, with former Yomiuri Giants ...