Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a partner of Nissan Motor Co., will not join a planned merger between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. that could potentially create the world's third-largest auto group, according ...

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesd ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu hands overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the wrestler from ...

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death over a knife attack near Shanghai last June that injured a Japanese mother and ...

China says no abnormalities were found in seawater samples it independently collected near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi ...

Masahiro Nakai, a TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, says ...

No stranger to the devastation caused by natural disasters, Los Angeles Dodgers marquee signing Roki Sasaki voices his ...

The leaders of South Korea and Taiwan congratulates U.S. President Donald Trump on returning to the White House, expressing ...

Japan's annual spring wage negotiations began Wednesday, with the leaders of the country's top business lobby and biggest ...

Japan's government says it will ensure close coordination with the United States in coping with North Korea's missile and ...

Appealing to Donald Trump's penchant for business dealmaking could provide a lifeline for Nippon Steel Corp.'s seemingly ...