Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has asked the new agriculture minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, to make efforts to stabilize rice prices. Ishiba met with Koizumi, the former chairperson of the ...

Japan's agriculture minister Eto Taku is stepping down over controversial remarks he made about rice. He submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Wednesday morning. Eto said ...

The European Union has decided to impose additional sanctions on Russia. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump failed to make progress on ceasefire ...

Known for spawning the Power Rangers property, the Japanese Super Sentai franchise has been going strong for decades. This has seen several "Red Rangers" come and go, with the most popular of them ...

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine over the phone on Monday. Both leaders said their conversation went well, but no major progress was made on ...

Data from the agriculture ministry show rice prices are up again for the week through May 11, reversing a slight decline the week before. The figures come from about 1,000 supermarkets nationwide.

Top officials from the US and China are meeting in Switzerland to de-escalate their intense trade war. It's their first official high-level negotiation since US President Trump imposed what he ...

At least four people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in a popular entertainment district in Sapporo City, northern Japan. Firefighters were notified at around 1:30 p.m. Monday ...

Ukraine says Russia plans to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a training warhead on Monday night. The Ukrainian defense ministry's intelligence agency disclosed the ...

Nissan Motor plans to reduce its global production facilities as part of a drastic plan to restructure its business. Sources say this may include two plants in Japan. The struggling Japanese ...

A watchdog group in the Philippines has condemned the surge in violent incidents that marred the midterm elections held on May 12. The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections, or NAMFREL ...