GIFU--Two hospitals in this central Japan prefecture believe that inpatients having their beloved dogs nearby could stabilize ...

A veterinarian has died after showing symptoms consistent with a potentially deadly infectious disease transmitted by ticks ...

Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...

Katsutoshi Takegami’s curiosity was piqued when he discovered a wooden box containing a large number of old photos showing ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

UTSUNOMIYA—At 26, Koyo Matsuura has reached the average age of retirement for footballers, but the amateur player keeps ...

Asian shares were trading mixed early Thursday after Wall Street’s rally stalled as investors appeared not to react much to ...

Mysterious geometric patterns dubbed “underwater crop circles” are appearing on the seafloor as the spawning season of a ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have finalized a plan to provide cash to the public ...

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, ...

Princess Kako visited a school in Sao Paulo on June 7, deepening decades-long ties between Japan’s imperial family and the ...

PARIS--A sushi chef for only a few years, Chizuko Kimura became so adept at the craft that her restaurant here won a Michelin ...