GIFU--Two hospitals in this central Japan prefecture believe that inpatients having their beloved dogs nearby could stabilize ...

Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...

A veterinarian has died after showing symptoms consistent with a potentially deadly infectious disease transmitted by ticks ...

Katsutoshi Takegami’s curiosity was piqued when he discovered a wooden box containing a large number of old photos showing ...

Mysterious geometric patterns dubbed “underwater crop circles” are appearing on the seafloor as the spawning season of a ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have finalized a plan to provide cash to the public ...

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, ...

UTSUNOMIYA—At 26, Koyo Matsuura has reached the average age of retirement for footballers, but the amateur player keeps ...

Official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election with all 127 seats at stake started on June 13, with the ...

Princess Kako visited a school in Sao Paulo on June 7, deepening decades-long ties between Japan’s imperial family and the ...

Asian shares were trading mixed early Thursday after Wall Street’s rally stalled as investors appeared not to react much to ...