Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi broke with convention by calling for a national debate on whether nuclear weapons should ...

Anna Mironova developed a desire to learn about Japan when she was a young girl, but there were no Japanese language teachers ...

The government will dispatch civilians to work in an international body tasked with providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza ...

The government is being blamed for the record number of mergers and acquisitions by placing too much importance on the ...

When researchers opened a Buddhist statue undergoing restoration, they found its hollow interior packed with documents from ...

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

Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki will sign with the Miami Marlins and forgo a professional career in his home country.

Ferran Torres’ first goal of this year's World Cup was the goal of his life, and it put Spain back atop the soccer world.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government has been described as “hard-line conservative,” while some say the Make America ...

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

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

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