The first game in the Like a Dragon / Yakuza series was released in 2005, and it didn't quite start as a massively popular ...

According to 2016 data from the Japan Congress on Evangelism, 81 percent of Protestant churches in Japan have fewer than 50 ...

There's a new addition coming to the Duggar family. Again. Jessa Duggar Seewald—the fifth eldest of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar's 19 kids—and husband Ben Seewald announced March 7 that ...

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo ...

Nissan announced on Tuesday that CEO Makoto Uchida will step down at the end of this month. Current Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa will be assuming the role starting in April in a bid to ...

A photo shows a screenshot, online press conference held by Nissan Motor Co. CEO Makoto Uchida (L) and Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa (R). Photo by YOMIURI SHIMBUN / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri ...

Americans are factoring in their ancestry while booking their vacations, with many digging into their family trees. The travel trend known as "roots travel" is picking up momentum and increasing ...

Japanese automaker Nissan says its chief executive Makoto Uchida will step down from his role following the failure of merger talks with rival car manufacturing giant Honda. The announcement came ...

Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for Seattle, the impact of Japanese players in Major ...

He is survived by his longtime partner Nancy Congdon, Nancy’s son Ben Luddy and wife Makoto Mizutani, his siblings Sandy (Jim) Sprague, Seth (Denise) Tarbox, Jr., Cindy (Russ) Hamm, Becky (Robin ...