OSAKA--A major hospital here suspended routine medical services after a ransomware cyberattack shut down the facility’s electronic medical record system, officials said on Oct. 31. Osaka General ...

Sendai residents have bragging rights to living in the most comfortable city in Japan, as government statistics support their ...

Pickleball, a sport often called a miniature version of tennis, has gained so much in popularity in Japan that the country ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Residents along the Budhi Gandaki River in north central Nepal evacuated on Sunday as flash flooding ...

Sekihara, 41, and the colleague left the megabank and co-founded Nakaral, a startup based in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward. Nakaral gives parents a more hands-free approach to bringing their children to ...

Officials trialed a carry service that harkens back to the Edo Period (1603-1867) on Oct. 19 that would allow disabled ...

Kentaro Kawabe rose through the ranks of the Japanese corporate system and reached the top of one of the largest IT companies ...

Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s “ The Starry Night ” to a celestial scene that suggests ...

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 ...

OSAKA--A futuristic “human washing machine” that caused a stir at the 1970 Japan World Exposition has undergone a 21st century makeover for the Osaka Kansai Expo in April. The original machine, ...

Mother sues 3 over video she claims drove her son to suicide ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to pound the Izu island chain south of Tokyo as early as Aug. 1. It warned of ...