The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suffered a bruising defeat in the Upper House election. Voters ...

A female sophomore at a prestigious private university in Tokyo was appalled by the fast pace and difficult lectures in ...

SENDAI—Following a spate of maulings, the Environment Ministry will set up at least 800 cameras by the end of July to count ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to ...

Prioritizing speed, the government is moving to lower the consumption tax on groceries to 1 percent—not the promised zero-percent rate—for a two-year period starting next April, officials said June 2.

NEW YORK—Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts, and ...

MONTERREY, Mexico--Japan marked the 1,000th match in World Cup history with a commanding 4-0 win over Tunisia in Group F on Saturday, as Ayase Ueda scored twice to send the North Africans out. Hajime ...

MANILA—The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 ...

OSAKA—A fleet of electric-powered buses used to shuttle attendees during the Osaka Kansai Expo now function more as an eyesore than an emblem in a “graveyard” estimated to be worth billions of yen.

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 average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for ...