Basic water utility fees will be waived for residents of Tokyo this summer in an effort to limit the impact of extreme heat, ...

A dozen people have been taken to the hospital after a man used pepper spray at a shopping mall near Tokyo after an argument, according to police and media reports.

Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

East Japan Railway Company says broken overhead wires were the likely cause for the trouble that led to a full suspension of the Yamanote Line loop railway service in central Tokyo on Friday morning.

Tokyo police and customs have made what is believed to be their biggest bust of the anesthetic drug ketamine, brought through ...

Japan-based restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai is opening its first U.S. location in Los Angeles’s Koreatown. Kiyoshi Kimura ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines started a new service to Tokyo today. Travelers can score round-trip flights for as low ...

That’s why the best etiquette tip I can give visitors is to be punctual. It requires no skill in the language, no understanding of the social hierarchy or one’s place in it, and no memorization of the ...

After decades of marketing work in Japan, Yoshi risked it all to start a Tennessee-themed sports bar because he’s so proud of the university.