Japan's nominal wage growth is expected to outpace inflation in the current and following fiscal year, the Cabinet Office ...

Japan will relax visa application requirements for Chinese visitors, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Wednesday, in the ...

Japan Airlines said Thursday that its system network is under a cyberattack, with at least 14 domestic flights delayed for up ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. on Dec. 25 unveiled new discount labels for its "onigiri" rice balls ...

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori was among the five players Japan named Wednesday to face Britain in Davis Cup first-round ...

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad's government killed six Islamic ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to form the kanji character for "snake," the ...

According to the operator, Matsuyama-based Iyotetsu Group Co., this is the first regular service in the country for a route ...

A man arrested in connection with the Dec. 14 stabbing of two students at a McDonald's restaurant in this southwestern Japan ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find ...

Businesses in Kochi Prefecture boast the highest rate of holding year-end and New Year office parties among the country's 47 ...

Nearly 70% of health care facilities surveyed in this capital city of east Japan's Tochigi Prefecture feel burdened by the ...