The JPS has been offering online consultations on an experimental basis since Jan. 6 through its Nenkin Net (pension net) ...

Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake ...

Japanese shares fell 2% on Monday, led by automakers, as worries grew about the global economy after U.S. President Donald ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. has announced it will introduce location-based pricing starting on Feb. 15. Of the chain’s ...

Doctor Yellow Shinkansen trains have long served railway safety by testing tracks and overhead wires on the Tokaido and Sanyo ...

Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site on Sunday and divers scoured the ...

Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. She is dwarfed by dozens of masked ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith led the crowd in a short singalong of their hit “Under the Bridge,” ...

Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is “about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday at the team’s ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost more than 1,000 points temporarily Monday morning, with a wide range of ...

Fans washed the Shinkansen inspection train known as Doctor Yellow in an event held by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) ...

Police have identified 279 online casino users and dealers in Japan last year in a preliminary investigation, amid rising ...