The International Criminal Court will never halt its activities even with the increased pressure from sanctions imposed by ...

BUSAN--Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa blasted a recent South Korean court ruling that ordered the Japanese government to pay ...

High school student Hayato Kumagai said he can’t believe the Golden Arches will soon rise over his city here along the ...

YOKOHAMA—Samsung Electronics Co. celebrated the opening of its new research and development center here, underscoring the ...

Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on Oct. 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second-latest date ...

In a town where cattle outnumber humans 6 to 1, efforts are accelerating to turn the community into a “spaceport” that can ...

At least 68 killed in Spain high-speed train collision ...

The Bank of Japan announced on Oct. 30 that the underlying inflation rate has reached its 2 percent target, marking the first ...

The most famous dog in Japan is surely Hachiko (1923-1935), the faithful Akita Inu who sits enshrined in front of Shibuya Station, Tokyo’s bustling rail and subway hub.

IDC Frontier Inc., a SoftBank subsidiary that provides cloud services, said Oct. 7 that a ransomware attack caused a system outage affecting 495 corporate and local government customers. The ...

Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes for obtaining public understanding for the proposal being deliberated in the Diet to ensure a stable imperial succession. Diet executives submitted the proposal to ...

Japan has lodged a strong protest with China over an apparent threat to behead Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a social media post by the Chinese consul general in Osaka. “While the intent may not be ...