Police have arrested an Asahiyama Zoo employee here who said he burned the body of his wife in an incinerator at his ...

This is part of a series on issues surrounding freedom of speech, focusing on “justice” in society where social media and ...

Two-time Olympic figure skating medalist Shoma Uno is donning another professional mantle as a new member of the esports team ...

Former world No. 4-ranked and 2014 U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori said Thursday on social media that he plans to retire at ...

Uchiyama and Koike had thought their generation would resolve the surname issue. But when their married daughter revealed her ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. ​on Thursday posted ‌a net loss of 454.3 billion ​yen ($2.85 billion) for ​the fiscal year ended ⁠in ...

Prosecutors pointed out that the defendant ignored the reality that it would be difficult to provide nursing care by himself.

Japan intervened to prop up the yen against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, its first official currency action in nearly two ...

Seven decades on, Minamata disease far from being resolved. MINAMATA, Kumamoto Prefecture--As Japan marked the 70th ...

HIROSHIMA--As wars and turbulent politics swirl across the globe, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum here offers a place of ...

The yen eased slightly against the dollar on Friday, but was still poised ‌for its steepest weekly gain in more than two ...

In those days, villagers employed by the company were known as “kaisha-yuki-san”—literally, “those bound for the company”—a ...