A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

Authorities announced Dec. 15 that the two giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens would be returned to China at the start of ...

A study by Kagawa University in western Japan found that the best way to stop shoplifting is for store staff to greet ...

Dozens of Japanese companies are capitalizing on a combination of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to help them ...

A heated exchange broke out in front of a mosque in this southwest Japan city in September after members of a conservative ...

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The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he feels "so badly" about the conviction of pro-democracy Hong ...

Tokyo stocks dropped Tuesday morning, weighed down by overnight losses on Wall Street as investors refrained from buying ...

Popular twin pandas at a zoo in Tokyo are set to be returned to China in late January, leaving none in Japan for the first ...

China said Monday it has imposed sanctions on Shigeru Iwasaki, a former chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense ...

U.S. firm iRobot Corp., known for its Roomba robot vacuum that has sold 50 million units, said Sunday that it has filed for ...