Japan's health ministry has notified prefectural governments to step up vigilance on businesses that handle ingredients for ...

Shipments of snow-chilled sake have begun in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for customers sweltering in the early summer ...

Iran's state-run television reported on Wednesday that President Masoud Pezeshkian has announced the country will suspend ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a magnitude 5.5 quake occurred in Kagoshima Prefecture at 3:26 PM Wednesday local time.

The hometown of Ohtani Shohei has honored the Major League Baseball star and his dog "Dekopin" by creating a massive likeness ...

Deep in rural Wakayama, a centuries-old river rafting tradition is making waves with its first-ever female crew member ...

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD says production of several models at its factory in Brazil will start within weeks.

The soothing sounds of more than 10,000 wind chimes are providing relief from the heat at a temple in the southwestern ...

This year's climbing season has officially kicked off on Mt. Fuji. But officials there say stricter rules were needed to make ...

The rail operator's travel card was revolutionary in 2001. But JR East's president says the 'Suica' system will have to offer ...

A liquefied natural gas plant in Canada has sent its first shipment to Asia. The facility is operated by five international ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, is officially halting its ...