Kyoto first became Japan’s capital in the eighth century. With its beautiful temples, philosophical gardens and elegant ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Saturday morning.

When the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost its majority in last October’s general election, ...

The Naoshima New Museum of Art, designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando, is set to open on May 31 on Naoshima Island ...

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Nippon Steel would no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese ...

Mounting concerns over the impact of the declining number of brick-and-mortar bookstores on the publishing industry as a ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun and Kodansha Ltd. have compiled a joint proposal for revitalizing bookstores in the face of a serious ...

Prosecutors and police searched a premises linked to merchu Inc. — a publicity agency in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture — on ...

The government has decided not to appeal a high court ruling repudiating the Finance Ministry’s decision not to disclose ...

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A senior Foreign Ministry official who once interpreted for then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will act as an interpreter for ...

All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines announced further flight cancellations for Thursday and Friday, as heavy snowfall ...