TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. on Dec. 25 unveiled new discount labels for its "onigiri" rice balls ...

Nearly 70% of health care facilities surveyed in this capital city of east Japan's Tochigi Prefecture feel burdened by the ...

Businesses in Kochi Prefecture boast the highest rate of holding year-end and New Year office parties among the country's 47 ...

Japan Airlines said Thursday that its system network is under a cyberattack, with at least 14 domestic flights delayed for up ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to form the kanji character for "snake," the ...

According to the operator, Matsuyama-based Iyotetsu Group Co., this is the first regular service in the country for a route ...

Japan's nominal wage growth is expected to outpace inflation in the current and following fiscal year, the Cabinet Office ...

A man arrested in connection with the Dec. 14 stabbing of two students at a McDonald's restaurant in this southwestern Japan ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find ...

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and ...

The revised Diet members' allowance law has been passed and will come into force in August 2025, requiring national ...

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