Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, said Thursday it posted a record net profit of 279.29 billion yen ...

Japan's consumer confidence fell 6.4 points to 33.3 in March from a month earlier, reflecting concerns over rising oil prices ...

Large-scale demonstrations opposing moves to revise the Constitution are continuing across Japan. On the evening of April 8, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are considering meeting next week in Japan to discuss ...

A tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire is faltering after Israel pounded Beirut and as Iran maintains its grip on the Strait of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, ...

Tens of thousands of BTS fans packed into a stadium near Seoul on Thursday to see the K-pop supergroup kick off their ...

Amir Hyuga from Galicia in northwestern Spain runs an aikido dojo in Sapporo's Kita Ward where he teaches about 30 students ...

The trouble started with a beautiful photo. Social media was soon awash with the lovely view of Japan's snow-capped Mount F ...

Jackets fitted with motorized fans have become popular with laborers during Japan's sweltering summer months, but at one ...

Police launched a murder investigation Thursday after a mother and her adult daughter were found dead in their apartment in ...

A Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited Ishigaki Island, located about 400 kilometers southwest of Okinawa's main island, in late ...