Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will size up the need to raise interest rates on Friday amid heightened expectations of a ...

More than 95% of people in Japan feel prices have increased over the past year, a survey by the Bank of Japan has shown. The ...

A Japanese government opinion poll shows the proportion of people who cited "disaster preparedness" as an area that is ...

Roki Sasaki was expected by many to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were right. The flame-throwing right-hander from ...

Much attention has been paid in recent years to life expectancy in the U.S., which remains lower than in many other ...

A record 52 mountain climbing accidents occurred across Japan during the year-end break, an increase of 22 over the same ...

The visit by the group from the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, which covers Taiwan and other areas in the East ...

Made only from soybeans and fermented for two years using ancient techniques, Hatcho miso has a special place in the cuisine ...

Mr Das recalled how then PM Goh Chok Tong had "wanted to start an India-Singapore fever". Read more at straitstimes.com.

Visitors from near and far flock to anti-corruption cafe in Hong Kong and Japan prison museum to get a taste of crime and ...

At least 5,456 "disaster-related deaths" have been recognised since local governments began such designation following the Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan on Jan 17, 1995, with the figure ...