Ukrainian Aonishiki is filled with gratitude toward his Japanese “family” who helped him to enter the sumo world, win his ...

Typhoon No. 25 is expected to bring torrential rain to the Kanto-Koshin region on the afternoon of Sept. 21, and the Japan ...

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The first cases of damage from Typhoon No. 25 were reported on the afternoon of Sept. 21, including a mudslide that buried a woman in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

TORONTO—French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday backed a proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member as he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to deepen ...

The main Kremlin party retained its majority in Russia’s parliament, election officials said Monday, after a carefully orchestrated balloting that excluded most opposition candidates and helped the ...

WASHINGTON—When President Donald Trump first ran for office, he called out China as a menace to the U.S. economy, saying it had gutted America’s factories and eroded the middle class.

The South Korean government expressed “deep disappointment and regret” over Japanese officials visiting a Tokyo war shrine on Friday and said future relations must be built on Japan showing remorse ...

The doctor’s name is Kyojo. He is exceptionally skilled, deeply compassionate, and endowed with a strong sense of justice, loyalty and moral courage.

ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido—The highly awaited Golden Week reopening of one of Japan’s most popular zoos has been delayed after an employee reportedly told police he disposed of his wife’s body in an on-site ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on Friday that homemade sources of energy like nuclear power and perovskite solar cells are important for the country. The first woman to lead ...