The government has decided to allocate ¥100 billion from the operational proceeds of the ¥10 trillion University Endowment ...

The Cultural Affairs Agency has finalized a draft proposal to adopt the Hepburn style as the unified standard of romaji, or romanized Japanese, primarily due its closer resemblance to English ...

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has started an online survey of all rice farmers across Japan to understand ...

Taichi Kokubun, a member of the pop band TOKIO, will take a break from show business due to compliance violations, sources ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average reversed early gains to trade lower on Friday as geopolitical risks surrounding the Middle East ...

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Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps ...

Countries are evacuating their nationals from Israel and Iran by air, land and sea as conflict rages between the bitter ...

A 40-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested for smuggling cocaine hidden in baseball bats with an illustration of baseball ...

David Agami has been eager to leave Cyprus and get back to his wife and six children since his flight from the U.S. was ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will decide within two weeks whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in ...

A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.