A Japanese high court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate a company president ...

The government on Wednesday vowed to deliver lower-priced stockpiled rice it releases as a counter to surging prices more ...

Japan's parliament enacts a law obliging 300 to 400 major firms to participate in a carbon emissions trading system that will ...

Nearly 60 percent of Japanese believe soaring rice prices will fall with the appointment of a new farm minister, following ...

The U.S. government is considering acquiring a stake in United States Steel Corp. that would give it veto power over major ...

Leaders of China, Southeast Asia and six Arab nations held their first meeting Tuesday in Malaysia to bolster economic ...

Onosato was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna on Wednesday, attaining the honor at a record pace after competing in ...

Shohei Ohtani launched his MLB-leading 20th home run of the season, his third in as many games, as the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Japanese boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka has undergone brain surgery in the wake of his IBF world minimumweight title defeat, the ...

Japan began sales of government rice stockpiles via direct contracts on Monday, aiming to slash soaring prices after the ...

A total of 20 companies applied to purchase a combined 110,000 tons of the government's stockpiled rice, a day after the farm ...

The government pledges to spread soil collected from near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the grounds ...