Bain Capital said it will give up its pursuit of Fuji Soft, ending a monthslong bidding war with KKR to take the Japanese software company private. The Boston-based private equity...

Student volunteers from Fukushima University have launched an internet community radio program featuring Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture striving to restore itself after the meltdowns at the Fukushima No....

At a time of population decline and swelling social security expenditure, it’s high time for the public to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s pension system and how it...

A research team from Kyoto University, the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and others have discovered an intestinal bacteria that helps convert excess sugar in the body to a...

Japan’s three biggest non-life insurers sold a combined ¥1.64 trillion ($11 billion) of cross-held shares in the April-December period last year, following a push by policymakers to reduce such holdings....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe will be part of any “real negotiations” to end Moscow’s war, signaling that U.S. talks with...

Taipei – Taiwan on Sunday praised the “positive and friendly” wording about the island on the U.S. State Department’s updated website, which has removed the phrase that Washington does “not...

Moscow – At least 1,500 Russians came to the grave of Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Sunday, risking reprisals and braving freezing temperatures to pay their respects to the opposition...

San Francisco – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he was happy with the state of the league despite complaints about too many 3-pointers, but said Saturday that the NBA continues...