OSAKA—Shoes that float, dresses that grow living plants and garments that fold like origami—these are just a few of the ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Japan have struck a deal that will lower the hefty tariffs Trump had threatened to ...

Dwelling precariously on wave-battered, remote islands of the Pacific, Tristram’s storm petrel seems to inhabit a world ...

As cited in “Tove Jansson” by Mayumi Tomihara (1954–2025), a Japanese scholar of French philosophy and Swedish literature, ...

Following two successive national election defeats, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing withering criticism from foes and ...

Duskin Co. has started a rental business that could pay big dividends for firefighters and rescue units seeking real-life ...

The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority in the Upper House election on July 20, ...

Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U. S. Steel required nerves of steel, which Eiji Hashimoto, the company’s chairman and ...

Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing ...

Kaoru Hasuike is finally fully opening up about his long ordeal after being abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, ...

The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting ...

As the global car market trends toward decarbonation, Japanese automakers are now struggling to regain lost ground in their ...