WASHINGTON--Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, ...

The labor ministry plans to require all companies with 101 or more employees to disclose their ratios of women in management ...

The government is set to allocate an additional 800 billion yen ($5.2 billion) to Rapidus Corp., Japan’s leading ...

KOBE—Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito again came under scrutiny days after his re-election, this time over his transaction with ...

A joint police task force on Nov. 27 raided facilities at four locations in three prefectures related to a suspected ...

BANGKOK--Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after stocks on Wall Street retreated, weighed down by losses for technology ...

KOBE—A convicted child killer serving a life sentence was arrested on Nov. 27 on suspicion of murdering another girl in ...

Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito petitioned Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to represent Japan as an “observer nation” in the next ...

To meet growing demand for reserved seats, the Nozomi Shinkansen’s operators have decided to reduce the number of ...

Voters in the Oct. 27 Lower House election refused to give the ruling coalition free rein but stopped short of handing the ...

The Yakumo express service introduced by West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) in April won the top prize at the 23rd Japan ...

After signing a record contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani and his 54 home runs for the season were on full ...