Bus companies across Japan are hiring foreign workers to make up a massive upcoming shortfall on their bus routes. But ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for Iwate Prefecture and parts of Hokkaido and Aomori. It has ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index has kicked off the week with a rebound. It was led by semiconductor-related shares on expectations that upcoming corporate earnings will be strong.

Children across Japan began taking academic achievement tests on Monday. English exams for junior high students are fully ...

Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has pushed back against a move by the government to redistribute tax revenue from the capital. She says disparities in the tax take should instead be addressed by reviewing ...

More than 20,000 greater white-fronted geese are resting at a wetland in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido.

Honda Motor is adjusting its operations in the giant Chinese market where it faces a sales slump. Sources say the Japanese ...

Japan's benchmark stock index rose on Monday despite the unclear outlook for the Middle East conflict. The Nikkei 225 climbed ...

US President Donald Trump says the US Navy has stopped and taken custody of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman ...

North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of tactical ballistic missiles on Sunday to verify the ...

Bulgarian media outlets are reporting that a pro-Russian opposition coalition led by former President Rumen Radev is set to ...

Japanese automakers are pivoting their strategies to get ahead of Chinese rivals in Southeast Asia. The shift comes as their profits take a big hit from US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.