Perfume and candles ranked first and second, respectively, as gifts people in Japan do not want to receive for Christmas, ...

More than 30 puppies of popular breeds such as toy poodles, believed to have been inside a dog kennel in the city of Chitose, ...

The number of babies born in Japan in 2024 is expected to be only about 690,000, according to one expert's recent estimate, ...

A record 7,119 teachers at public elementary, junior high, senior high and special needs schools across Japan took a leave of ...

Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family's ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday defied a second summons from the corruption investigation office for ...

The scent of bratwurst and pretzels filled the air as horses clopped down the main street, hauling a carriage full of touri ...

TOKYO -- Only about 20% of people in Japan prepare "emergency toilets" that can be used without water, despite the fact that ...

The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, began talks in Beijing on Wednesday, as the two ...

Japan is set to introduce a system to temporarily place factories under state control in the event of a contingency to ...

Sake brewer Mie Takahashi stirs mixture of steamed rice with koji mold and water in a tank at her Koten sake brewery in Okaya ...