Japanese news agency Jiji Press Ltd. said Thursday it has strictly reprimanded a photographer for inappropriate remarks about ...

Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa and two others won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing porous materials t ...

An expert panel at the Ministry of Defense has compiled a report aimed at strengthening Japan's defense capabilities. It will ...

China on Thursday further tightened controls on exports of rare earth minerals used in high-tech products through ...

The annual university rankings published by British magazine Times Higher Education on Thursday listed a record 929 institutions fro ...

Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation has been harvested here recently to the joy of the people ...

Japan's toy market is getting bigger, even though fewer children are being born. Old toys and characters from the Heisei era ...

A batch of eight matsutake mushrooms grown in this west Japan city fetched 850,000 yen (approx. $5,574) during the first ...

Two male high school students who allegedly stole cigarettes from a younger student and forced him to apologize naked on his ...

Online flea market operator Mercari Inc. said Thursday it may keep some sought-after products off the platform to prevent malicious r ...

Japan on Thursday said Israel and Hamas agreeing on the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza Strip peace plan was a ...

A university in this southwest Japan city has launched an initiative to provide students with breakfast for just 100 yen (roughly 66 cen ...