Japanese film “Kokuho” has been nominated for the makeup and hairstyling category in the 98th Academy Awards, it was ...

Powered by strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling to gauge the distance it should take with Komeito, its former ruling coalition partner in the upcoming House of Representatives election. Komeito has ...

Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses drove the shares of their maker, iVision Tech IVN.MI, almost 28% higher on Thursday ...

The central government and the Tokyo metropolitan government have agreed to launch a council aimed at strengthening ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance was officially launched Thursday, but questions remain over whether what is now the largest ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. shut down reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after midnight on Friday morning.

TV personality and former Indonesian first lady Dewi Sukarno was referred to prosecutors on Friday for allegedly assaulting ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen is operating at reduced speeds on Thursday due to heavy snowfall between Gifu-Hashima and Kyoto stations.

Judo champion Uta Abe has received the grand prize in the 74th Japan Sports Awards, while Deaflympics discus gold medalist Masateru Yugami took the top honor at the 9th Japan Para Sports Awards. The ...

Japanese stocks edged higher on Friday as investors took early cues from Wall Street ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision due later in the day.

Fashion and friction have been the defining features for Naomi Osaka in two rounds at the Australian Open that couldn’t have been more different.