The container shipping industry on Monday welcomed an agreement between the United States and China to temporarily slash ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that increasing corn imports from the U.S. would be among options ...

Japanese companies are refraining from providing earnings forecasts because of the difficulty in determining the next changes ...

Lawyers representing former TV personality Masahiro Nakai have objected to an investigative panel’s conclusion that Nakai ...

Asian shares advanced Tuesday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war, but the gains ...

GENEVA--The United States and China agreed Monday to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the ...

It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t ...

If schools decided to do away with report cards, what would be the reactions of the following manga characters, all of whom ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the ...

OSAKA—The boy character on packaging of the long-selling Bisco biscuit has been redesigned for the first time in 20 years to increase overseas sales. Bisco Boya (Bisco boy) is now shown with ...