New yokozuna Hoshoryu takes part in a traditional "tsuna-uchi" rope-making ceremony at his Tatsunami stable in Tokyo in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging a visit to the United States for his first in-person summit with ...

A lawyer for an 88-year-old man acquitted in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case has sought about 217 million yen ($1 ...

A sinkhole at an intersection near Tokyo that swallowed a truck collapsed further and merged with a second opening that had ...

Yuki Kawamura is bound for next month's NBA All-Star weekend after being named as the top vote-getter in the fan ballot for ...

A London court gives the green light to the extradition of two British men wanted by Japanese authorities in connection with ...

Rail fans bid farewell to one of Japan's iconic "Doctor Yellow" bullet trains, used to diagnose faults on the country's ...

A Japanese weekly magazine says it has corrected its December story claiming a Fuji Television Network Inc. official invited ...

A commercial airplane operated by a low-cost carrier caught fire while preparing for takeoff at an international airport in ...

A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the bolstering of the country's nuclear forces this year during a tour of a ...

The government and Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren says they plan to double the country's capital expenditures to ...