A record 7,119 teachers at public elementary, junior high, senior high and special needs schools across Japan took a leave of ...

Major defense equipment maker Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. engaged in fictitious transactions with business partners for ...

Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki Hoshoryu heads into January's New Year Grand Sumo ...

Nearing 80 years since the end of World War II, the idea of reparations for civilian victims is getting neglected.

A total of 371 properties around critical security facilities and border islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

TOKYO -- Dec. 24 has now officially been recognized as "Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Day" in Japan.

Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a revision to a government ordinance to prohibit the manufacture as well as the import ...

A North Korea-linked hacker group stole digital assets worth 48.2 billion yen ($307 million) from Tokyo-based cryptocurrency ...

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato has informed the Central League club of his wish to move to Major League Baseball vi ...

The Nikkei stock index ended slightly lower Tuesday as moves to lock in gains after rises the previous day erased earlier ...

Figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu will perform in his ice show commemorating the 14th anniversary of the devastating March 11 ...

According to the association, 50.5% of respondents chose coughing and sneezing, making it the top-ranked annoying behavior ...