Japan posted a record 15.82 trillion yen ($103 billion) current account surplus in the first half of fiscal 2024, boosted by ...

Police says they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found graffitied on two spots of a ...

Unlike other Japanese clubs who have reaped large transfer-fee windfalls from posting big-name stars to Major League Baseball ...

Shigeru Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is suspected of having fallen asleep during a plenary ...

New ozeki Onosato gives a dominant performance at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament as he overpowered rank-and-file opponent ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the small but influential opposition Democratic Party for the People, admits to an extramarital ...

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper that caught fire in waters off the country's southwestern coast capsized ...

Japanese luxury hotel operator Hoshino Resorts Inc. plans to open a hot spring inn in the U.S. state of New York in 2028 as part of efforts to introduce the popular Japanese-style accommodation experi ...

New ozeki Onosato survived a minor scare as he made a winning start to the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament against No. 1 ...

A team of researchers, including from Japan, will begin a clinical study later this month to study whether transmitting ...

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama defends his ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy men's title, while compatriot Kaori Sakamoto, ...

Komeito, the junior partner of Japan's ruling coalition, formally endorsed land minister Tetsuo Saito as party leader and ...