Major trading house Mitsubishi Corp. on Thursday announced it will invest about $600 million (about ¥88 billion) to acquire a ...

A body was found on Friday on a mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, where a man had been missing since being ...

The Emperor announced the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, and shortly afterward Masao Ohki, a 21-year-old senior flight ...

More than 40%, or 20, of the 47 prefectural chapters of a national organization of families of war dead have suspended or ...

The annual memorial ceremony for Japan’s war dead was held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Friday, as ...

Many families of those who died in World War II and other people visited the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Chiyoda Ward ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “remorse” over World War II in his address at the annual government-organized ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in Geneva Friday.

The dead body of 2 1/2-year-old Ro’a Mashi lay on the table in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, her arms and rib cage skeletal, her ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed his desire to deepen ties with Japan in a speech at a ceremony in Seoul ...

Japan’s Nikkei closed at an all-time high on Friday, as the yen weakened and data showed the nation’s economy was ...

A collaborative research team of scientists from the University of Tokyo, Yamaguchi University and other institutions has ...