To avoid unintended consequences from social media posts, a legal tech company has created an app to analyze drafted messages and flag content that could spark public controversy or backlash.

A northern city plans to promote Niigata Prefecture’s many local specialties--including its snow--at the Osaka Kansai Expo ...

The once-accessible process of designing a custom home is turning into a luxury option as Japan's carpenters join the growing ...

BANGKOK—China's Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.

SEOUL—The United States flew long-range B-1B bombers in a show of force against North Korea on Tuesday, days after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to resist a U.S.-led ...

Asian benchmarks mostly rose Tuesday, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seemed ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission issued a cease-and-desist order to Google LLC on April 15 to stop forcing smartphone manufacturers to pre-install only its Google Search app.

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

KYOTO—A graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts has been selected to play the heroine of this year’s Aoi Festival, one of the three major festivals of Kyoto, held on May 15 annually.

KYOTO—Kyoto University Hospital officials announced on April 14 that a research team conducted a clinical trial in February to transplant lab-grown pancreatic islets into a woman in her 40s who has ...

Japan Post Co. will begin offering weekend services at select post offices in tourist areas while reducing opening hours on weekdays, starting in June.