Moscow – Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington...

Paris – The United States and Russia have pledged their readiness to resume nuclear disarmament talks after years of confrontation, but analysts are skeptical that U.S. President Donald Trump and...

Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun had known about its partially incorrect reporting over the alleged trouble between TV personality Masahiro Nakai and a woman soon after its Dec. 26 issue was...

Julie Kim is set to replace Christophe Weber as the new CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical, becoming the first woman to lead the more than 240-year-old Japanese drugmaker. Kim, 54, has...

Rakuten Group said it no longer plans to list its securities arm on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and will instead focus on deepening its partnership with Mizuho Securities. The Japanese...

Cheap houses in the Japanese countryside have recently become a hot topic among non-Japanese, particularly those who are priced out of their own country’s housing market. Likewise, many Japanese who...

Riyoko Ikeda’s “The Rose of Versailles,” which ran from 1972 to 1973, is one of Japan’s seminal works of shōjo manga (comics traditionally aimed at a young female audience). Through...

Washington – More than 60 people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac...

In Japan’s animation industry, the road from obscurity to renown is a long one. At least, it is for most. Indie creator Gensho Yasuda, however, is a young Japanese animator...