A 93-year-old former top bureaucrat who was serving a sentence for a high-profile 2019 Tokyo car accident that left two ...

Kyodo News mistakenly reported in Japanese that House of Councillors member Akiko Ikuina visited the war-linked Yasukuni ...

Australia said Monday it has shortlisted Japan and Germany to build its new fleet of general purpose frigates in a program ...

Japanese officials have held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

The U.S.-based LPGA Tour named Japan's Ayaka Furue as the winner of the Vare Trophy for scoring average and Mao Saigo as th ...

The support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plummeted to 31%, while the disapproval rate increased to ...

A woman was arrested Nov. 23 on suspicion of leaving her then 8-year-old daughter, who had brain damage and needed suctioning ...

Some 78% of Nihon Michelin Tire Co. workers are satisfied with the company headquarters' move from the bright lights of Tokyo ...

UTSUNOMIYA -- "Relationships with friends" has emerged as the top reason for elementary and junior high school students ...

Forty years after its founding, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has more than 2,500 stores worldwide. Sales at its parent ...

The Osaka High Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a doctor to 18 years in prison for the consensual ...

South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on Monday ...