The president of buckwheat noodle chain operator Yudetaro System began posting on the company's official Facebook page in ...

Passenger trends compiled by major travel agencies in Japan have shown that the number of people booking overseas package ...

TOKYO -- A "workaround" is being discussed for the government's pledge to cut the consumption tax on food and beverages for ...

A Japanese sushi chain operator has won a Guinness World Records title for the most expensive tuna at auction after paying ...

Wildfires in northeastern Japan have continued to rage for a third day and some 730 hectares have burned despite the ...

In Japan, some popular cup noodles are now being used by restaurants. Before, food companies often made cup noodles with ...

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DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its ...

On the western littoral of Okinawa's primary island, perched along the East China Sea, the city of Urasoe stands as the primordial cradle of the forme ...

The Japanese labor ministry's Yamaguchi Labor Bureau has developed a set of pictograms to raise safety awareness and prevent ...

President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister ...

Survivors and families of the victims of a 2005 train derailment remembered Saturday the 107 lives lost in the accident in ...