Japan's Finance Ministry says the combined ordinary profits of Japanese companies rose 19.7 percent in the July-September ...

Governor Ueda Kazuo says the Bank of Japan will consider the pros and cons of raising the benchmark interest rate at its next ...

The defense team for the leader of the religious group formerly known as the Unification Church has denied all charges at the ...

A Polish apprentice in Japan devotes his life to bonsai under a legendary master whose garden draws visitors from around the ...

Japanese researchers have launched a large-scale project to excavate houses buried by ash during an eruption of Mount Fuji ...

Japan's health insurance cards expire on Dec. 1. The government is encouraging residents to sign up to integrate the cards ...

People in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, have cut down Japanese pampas grass on a mountain to prepare for winter.

Join May J. for music from Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie (getting international attention for their free-spirited style) and ...

China's factory activity remained in contraction for the eighth straight month in November. New orders were sluggish in the ...

Major Japanese insurance firms are offering a new line of products catering to businesses and municipalities dealing with the ...

Japan's government is discussing plans to abolish a tax exemption on imports of low-value parcels. Government officials say ...

Investigative authorities in the US state of California say four people, including children, died and 11 were wounded in a ...