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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Fuji Television Network Inc. is expected to discuss whether President Koichi Minato should step down following allegations ...

New Year Grand Sumo Tournament winner Hoshoryu is still feeling the effects of the grueling three-way championship playoff in ...

Tokyo stocks were mixed on the morning of Jan. 28, as technology shares tracked declines in their U.S. counterparts after a ...

Japan is set to implement a policy enabling the government to instruct farmers to submit production increase plans if ...

The Japan Sumo Association's judges division will hold an extraordinary meeting Sunday, before the final day's action at the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone call that the new Donald Trump ...