From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Myaku-Myaku said the Expo is a great opportunity to deepen international exchanges and to highlight the appeal of various regions in Japan. The mascot added, "Let's make it a success." Ishiba ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating Chinese aggression. "We share a ...

Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...

TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday Tokyo has no plan to terminate a trade deal struck with the U.S. in 2019, but will keep voicing "grave concern ...

WASHINGTON —President Donald Trump is taking trade negotiations into his own hands, meeting with Japanese officials to see if he can cut a deal as his new tariffs scramble trade relations with ...

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his country and Japan share a “warrior ethos” in tackling Chinese aggression across the Taiwan Strait. In a meeting in Tokyo on Sunday with ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Japan is holding out hope that it might convince the United States to exempt Japanese car manufacturers from tariffs, but analysts are less optimistic. The Japanese government has expressed its ...

Promise Mascot Agency is a game that understands this ... and thoughtful representation of a dying town somewhere in rural Japan. You may like I thought Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii would burn me ...

Long Islanders have asked for President Donald Trump's help, and it looks like they are getting it. Massapegua High School's nickname is the Chiefs, but New York law states that schools must ...

The Whiting Redevelopment Commission approved Tuesday a proposal from bp Whiting Refinery to purchase the former Mascot Hall of Fame building and surrounding land. The refinery purchased the ...