Japan's chief tariff negotiator said Thursday that purchases of U.S. defense equipment may help reduce the trade deficit, ...

Narita International Airport Corp. (NAA) on May 25 began full-scale construction on a new Runway C, the airport's third, and ...

Onosato, 24, has been promoted to yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. In terms of speed, it was a record-breaking rise to the ...

TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister complained that an opposition party leader described stockpiled rice as "something that ...

A U.S. trade court in New York on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs as it found the president had ...

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A woman known for being a fan of Expo events has completed a full circuit of all pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, after ...

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi expressed his displeasure over an incorrect description of Minamata disease mercury poisoning in ...

Consumers will be able to buy rice released from the government's older stockpiles for around 1,800 yen ($12) per 5 kilogram ...

The Nikkei stock index climbed sharply Thursday to close at a three-month high and the yen fell against the U.S. dollar, as ...

Multiple structures of the historic Lake Biwa Canal here are set to be designated as national treasures and important ...

President Donald Trump wants the world to know he's no "chicken" just because he's repeatedly backed off high tariff threats.