Japan’s Nikkei share average reversed early gains on Friday and were on track for a second straight weekly decline, as ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a pick likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency ...

Concerns have been mounting in the restaurant industry over the proposed reduction to the consumption tax rate for food items, which has emerged as a key issue in the upcoming House of Representatives ...

Judoka Natsumi Tsunoda, who took gold for Japan in the women’s 48-kilogram judo division at the Paris Olympics, announced Friday that she would be retiring.

PokéPark KANTO’s Sedge Town is set to take visitors on a magical journey with two permanent attractions when it opens on Feb. 5.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has agreed not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures. There ...

Figure skaters representing Japan at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics arrived at Milan Malpensa Airport on Thursday.

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] China has seen a spate of high-ranking military officials fall from grace. What on earth is happening? Instability at the core of one of the world’s leading ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, thanks to new imaging technology that has revealed nearly 80 previously ...

About 20 believers and others dressed in demon masks and costumes gather at Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday ahead of the annual setsubun festival to be held there on Feb.

The fundamental approach to dealing with prolonged high prices is to move ahead with substantial wage increases. It is hoped that labor and management will share the recognition that this year’s ...

Heavy snow fell from Thursday night to Friday morning mainly in northern Kinki and Hokuriku due to a strong winter pressure pattern.