Japan Railways Group companies are upgrading measures to protect their workers from bear attacks after a record number of ...

LONDON—The British government on Thursday urged FIFA to investigate Argentina’s team after players celebrating their 2-1 win ...

The Diet passed three landmark bills on July 17 that were strongly pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takachi that include ...

Tokyo-based crowdfunding company Ubugoe Inc. is withholding millions of yen in donations from at least six organizations that ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

Annual deaths from COVID-19 continue to top 30,000 in Japan, even three years since the seriousness of the infectious disease was downgraded to the level of seasonal influenza. Elderly people are most ...

The “Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites,” a collection of predominantly subterranean ruins in Nara Prefecture, are on track to become Japan’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site. The International ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has a name for its new overnight express train but not a starting date for operations ...

NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI—Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister said on Thursday his government has decided to close Taiwan’s ...

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, ...

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki will sign with the Miami Marlins, spurning a far more lucrative contract to play ...