Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is wearing a sticker of a Japanese flag on the back of his helmet to honor ...

Countries backing the International Criminal Court (ICC), including Japan, blasted and called for the immediate withdrawal of ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is developing an AI-powered robot dog designed to help elderly people live independently at ...

The Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union, a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, is arranging for its young members to visit China in September to explore ways to restore bilateral ...

A rare convergence of two typhoons could wreak havoc with the weather across Japan over the weekend as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of the possibility of more typhoons this summer. The JMA ...

Record-setting torrential rain has hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture and western Toyama Prefecture on Aug. 27, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue its highest emergency warning ...

Sanae Takaichi, the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, plans to appoint party election rival Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister after she becomes prime minister, a source close ...

A strong earthquake struck Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, around 10:30 p.m. on June 26, with its epicenter in the area north of Mount Fuji. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake, with an ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido—Ageless jockey Yutaka Take cemented his legacy on July 12, guiding the favorite Himino Etoile to victory at Hakodate Racecourse in Hokkaido to claim his 5,000th career win. The ...

A long rupture on the ground extending through infrastructure damage in Kumamoto Prefecture seems to confirm what seismologists had long feared: a major earthquake stemming from the active Hinagu ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration gave senior vice minister or parliamentary secretary posts to seven lawmakers implicated in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fund-raising scandal, ...

Pilots of business jets and other small aircraft will be restricted from using Tokyo’s Haneda Airport if they fail to comply with air traffic control instructions on three occasions, sources said. The ...