The missile was believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said.

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 54-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 89-year-old mother at her home in the ...

The major earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture late last month is hitting the local tourism industry hard amid the peak summer holiday season. The Kumamoto Prefectural Government estimates that the ...

Both airlines had raised the surcharges on the routes for tickets issued in July and August to a record ¥65,000 from ¥56,000 ...

Yasukuni Shrine has clarified that its new policy banning military-style clothing on its grounds does not apply to active-duty members. After receiving inquiries, including those from The Japan Times, ...

When Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told state TV last week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s supreme leader, it sparked fresh speculation about the whereabouts of Mojtaba ...

Newer fans, who have only discovered Japan’s national sport in the past few years, could be forgiven for thinking that rapid progress to the top of the banzuke is the norm for sumo’s biggest names.

The military increasingly relies on motorized paragliders, gyrocopters and drones for low-altitude strikes using unguided explosives, according to U.N. investigators.

The coordinated intervention by Japan and the United States to support the yen has bumped up hard against reality, the $70 billion or so committed to strengthening the currency all but ineffective as ...

The Tokyo-based company’s stock fell as much as 12% on Wednesday, their biggest intraday drop since April last year.

Flight 123 — a Boeing 747 bound for Osaka from Tokyo — crashed into a mountain on Aug. 12, 1985, killing 520 people.

One bank strategist argues that an international price comparison for the pork-and-rice dish — rather than burgers — gives a better sense of how the yen’s retreat feels.