Kyoto first became Japan’s capital in the eighth century. With its beautiful temples, philosophical gardens and elegant ...

When the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost its majority in last October’s general election, ...

The Naoshima New Museum of Art, designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando, is set to open on May 31 on Naoshima Island ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Saturday morning.

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Nippon Steel would no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese ...

Mounting concerns over the impact of the declining number of brick-and-mortar bookstores on the publishing industry as a ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun and Kodansha Ltd. have compiled a joint proposal for revitalizing bookstores in the face of a serious ...

Prosecutors and police searched a premises linked to merchu Inc. — a publicity agency in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture — on ...

A driver of a passenger car reported to police that his car was stuck after part of the road had caved in at about 7:50 a.m.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who arrived in the suburb of Washington on Thursday local time, was set to meet with U.S.

The Yomiuri ShimbunNobuyuki Suzuki By Takamichi Asakawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer [posttime] JST, [postdate] “Salary Man ...

The government has decided not to appeal a high court ruling repudiating the Finance Ministry’s decision not to disclose ...