The Rikyugura sake brewery is looking to the future as it taps into the thriving Japanese whisky market and opened Senshu ...

OTSU—The main hall of Enryakuji temple, a national treasure here on Mount Hieizan, will be restored to its Edo Period ...

Los Angeles Dodgers fans can now celebrate a win--or drown their sorrows after a loss--with a cup of Japanese sake on their ...

South Korean makeup and skincare brands may have dethroned France as Japan’s top cosmetics importer for the first time in ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the conflict to shape his message to the public. The prime minister has ...

A merger of two of Japan’s biggest non-life insurers is set to create the nation’s largest non-life insurer. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., currently the ...

DA NANG, Vietnam--Bui Van Phong faced a choice when the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago: Stay in his small village, helping his parents carry on the family’s centuries-old tradition of making ...

Japan is scrambling to find ways to get the United States to exempt its automakers from a ruinous 25-percent tariff due to take effect on April 3. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi ...

The International House of Japan Inc. (IHJ) and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) are collaborating on an archive of historical documents that will be available for widespread ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

The Japanese government has allowed an injured Palestinian woman from Gaza to receive medical treatment in Tokyo for the first time since the conflict between Hamas and Israel broke out in October ...