Dani and Evan Benton left the U.S. to start a new life in rural Japan, buying an abandoned house for $6,500 and turning it ...

The Japanese firm's $14.9bn (£12bn) takeover was blocked by President Joe Biden on national security grounds. To pay off betting debts, the translator stole millions from LA Dodgers pitcher ...

Agriculture-welfare partnerships, in which individuals with disabilities actively participate in farming activities, have been steadily gaining momentum in Japan following a government 2019 policy ...

A long-established dairy farm operator in Chiba Prefecture will ... It also aims to share Japanese know-how with local small-scale dairy farmers with low productivity to help them boost income.

In late December Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi visited China, where he took part in a series of meetings with his counterpart Wang Yi and other Chinese officials. The trip gave the ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

For foreign women who moved to Japan to work as technical intern trainees, taking maternity leave has rarely been a realistic option as pregnancy often means termination of an employment contract or ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...