Their sales are expected to make it easier for consumers to access stockpiled rice after it sold out quickly at major ...

Past meetings between the two countries’ leaders have often been formalities to reinforce their unshakable postwar ...

The move is the latest step in what has been a sweeping immigration agenda aimed at cracking down on undocumented migration.

It was the 15-member body's first vote on the situation since November, when the United States also blocked a text calling ...

Under the revised law, individuals who discipline whistleblowers will be subject to a prison term of up to six months or a ...

The visit was Princess Aiko's first to Okinawa, which reflected the imperial couple's wish that memories of the war be passed ...

Sakie Yokota, the mother of a child abducted by North Korea, called on the Japanese government to tackle the abduction issue ...

The Philippine vice president said procedural issues may arise for her trial in the Senate due to the current body adjourning ...

The new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt.

Years of inertia and obstruction of the transition have left the country with a system plagued by high costs and the lowest ...

A transport ministry audit in April revealed enough instances of missed checks in the Kanto region to surpass the threshold ...

The startups are expanding their bricks-and-mortar presence in the world's biggest consumer market, confident their mass ...