Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced May 20 that the basic water charge for all general households in the capital will be waived ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to sack farm minister Taku Eto, sources close to the matter said Tuesday, under ...

The "Takikawa Canola Flower Festival," where people can enjoy one of the best canola blossom fields in Japan, started in the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani mixed in breaking pitches for the first time in a throwing session ...

Basic water utility charges will be waived for households in Tokyo for four months this summer, as the metropolitan ...

Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday he was appointed as the country's new farm minister, after Taku ...

Seiya Suzuki homered, doubled and had four RBIs, Kyle Tucker also went deep and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 14-1 ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers had his no-hit bid broken up by Arizona's Ketel Marte in the seventh inning ...

Japan's government on Tuesday proposed 17 industries for inclusion in a new program to replace the foreign trainee scheme, ...

Farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after experiencing a backlash over a controversial admission that he does not ...

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Smartphone exports from China to the United States in April plunged about 70 percent from a year earlier amid a tariff ...