The Rikyugura sake brewery is looking to the future as it taps into the thriving Japanese whisky market and opened Senshu ...

OTSU—The main hall of Enryakuji temple, a national treasure here on Mount Hieizan, will be restored to its Edo Period ...

Los Angeles Dodgers fans can now celebrate a win--or drown their sorrows after a loss--with a cup of Japanese sake on their ...

Nasdaq futures tumbled 4% and in after-hours trade some $760 billion was wiped from the market value of Magnificent Seven technology leaders. Apple shares, hit hardest as the company makes iPhones in ...

South Korean makeup and skincare brands may have dethroned France as Japan’s top cosmetics importer for the first time in ...

The Shirakawa village office will raise fees at municipal parking lots on Oct. 1 in hopes of thinning out the crowds of ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

KOCHI--The Harimayabashi bridge here, considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

A burst gas pipe sent a column of flame shooting skyward Tuesday in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur, prompting ...