When Cold Stone arrived in Japan in 2005, it was a near-instant hit, with long lines of customers at just about every branch excitedly listening to the singing staff as they waited for their order.

The US Senate has officially confirmed George Glass as the new ambassador to Japan. The Senate approved his nomination by a majority vote on Tuesday. The former investment banker was picked for ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is forming a team to forge a tariff deal with U.S. President Donald Trump after the two spoke by phone on Monday, following one of the worst days for Tokyo stocks in ...

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Japan on Thursday expressed its disappointment and "serious concern" over the U.S. move to impose reciprocal tariffs on the Asian nation's products, calling on Washington, its closest ally, to rescind ...

Once a symbol of rebellion and girlhood, the cartoon cat has become a cultural ambassador—part of Japan’s global soft power strategy to rebrand its image after World War II. To much of the ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Ioto, the far-flung Japanese island known widely as Iwo Jima, on Saturday as part of his first visit to Japan as defense chief for an event honoring ...

Where else could this be but Japan? The West Japan Railway Group has reportedly turned to 3D printing to speedily construct a train station shelter at Hatsushima in the city of Arida, near Osaka, ...

Every fall, visitors flock to Tochigi Prefecture to experience the stunning koyo ... the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate known for reunifying Japan. History isn’t all that you can find in Nikko ...

ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture—The upcoming special exhibition of the renowned Yamanbagiri Kunihiro sword at a public museum here has drawn a killer response from its fans. But officials may have ...

UTSUNOMIYA--High school students in Tochigi Prefecture once again were more willing to part with their blood to help others than those anywhere else in Japan, in fiscal 2020. The prefecture's ...