SEOUL--South Korea's parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol as authorities investigate allegations of ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms ...

HIROSHIMA--Authorities here tightened security this year at annual memorial services for the victims of the 1945 atomic ...

Guaranteeing the right of self-determination for Palestinians is crucial for breaking the deadlock in the Middle East, ...

Japanese exports of sweet potatoes have been brisk thanks largely to technology to prevent spoilage and efforts to tailor the ...

FUKUOKA—The Fukuoka High Court on Dec. 13 ruled that provisions of the Civil Code and the Family Register Law that do not ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo.

A 688-kilogram cow touted as having curves in all the right places was crowned “queen” at a prestigious Matsusaka beef ...

Sake brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. has announced out-of-this-world plans to brew rice wine on the International Space Station next ...

The economic sanctions being mulled by the United States against the International Criminal Court threatens the very ...

Professional translator Kazumi Mukai was taken aback after learning the identity of a person who wrote a letter to her in ...

No matter the occasion, Japanese women tend to adopt a high-pitched voice in public or when speaking on the telephone. The ...