A European investment fund group said Tuesday it will acquire Kakaku.com Inc, the operator of Japan's popular Tabelog restaurant review and online reservation website, launching a takeover bid that is ...

Seasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more ...

An overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday over alleged unexplained wealth and threats to have the president ...

Japan's leading potato chip maker Calbee Inc will start selling some of its potato chip products in black-and-white packaging ...

Police in Fukushima City have arrested an 81-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 76-year-old disabled wife at their home. Police said Takumi Inoue is accused of hitting his wife Etsuko in the ...

European oil and gas companies who posted huge profits in the first quarter on soaring prices caused by the war in the Middle ...

A Tokyo-based university has opened a laboratory where robots are carrying out medical experiments once handled by human ...

China’s exports of passenger cars surged in April, an industry group said Monday, as its carmakers push to expand in overseas ...

Japan is preparing to send an economic delegation to Russia later this month in a move aimed at laying the groundwork for ...

Key lawmakers of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party are set to launch a new group to promote the national security and ...

The risk of person-to-person transmission of hantaviruses in Japan would remain low even if infected passengers from a cruise ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested an 18-year-old high school student on suspicion of threatening to kill his father. According to police, the boy is accused of threatening his father, who was at their ...