Minamata disease victims and their supporters are criticizing the Environment Ministry’s plan for the first “full-fledged investigation” into the extent of health damage caused by mercury poisoning.

SINGAPORE--The dollar clung to its gains on Monday as investors weighed what a Federal Reserve under Kevin Warsh might ⁠look ...

Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March, Los Angeles Dodgers manager ...

Japan and Britain agreed Saturday to accelerate cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals, as China’s ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has talked up the benefits of a weaker yen in a campaign speech, adopting a tone at ...

TOKYO--A Pokemon card game event planned for Saturday at a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead has been canceled and the ...

The U.S.-based activist fund, which holds 6.7% of TICO, has attacked the bid as opaque and said it ‌ falls short of basic ...

The Immigration Services Agency from Feb. 1 will end its practice of informing lawyers that their foreign clients will be ...

The ruling coalition aims to restore Japanese military ranks used in World War II for members of the Self-Defense Forces, a plan that has drawn concern and bewilderment in the Defense Ministry.

KAWASAKI—Wearing a vest of blue and yellow-green, Elle, a beagle, scampers around a turntable, quickly sniffing six identical ...

Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, ...

TOKYO/BEIJING--China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a ...