Police in Sapporo have arrested a 70-year-old man on suspicion of assault after he allegedly punched a 39-year-old woman while she was at a friend’s house. The incident occurred at around 7 p.m. on ...

Police in Ebetsu City, Hokkaido, have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of intimidation after he threatened to destroy his 21-year-old former girlfriend’s house. The man, who is a construction ...

MotoGP riders Álex Márquez and Johann Zarco were taken to hospital after they crashed in separate incidents at the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday. Both were conscious after the crashes. Márquez was ...

Restaurant operators in Japan have been forced to review their approach to hiring foreign workers since the government suspended the issuance of special visas needed to work in the sector, as the ...

Police in Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of attempting to kill her six-month-old son by wrapping him in a blanket and leaving him alone at their home.

Seasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more ...

Aston Villa secured Champions League soccer with a 4-2 win over Liverpool on Friday that leaves the Reds still at risk of missing out on Europe's elite competition next season. Ollie Watkins struck ...

A Japanese pharmaceutical firm has warned doctors against prescribing a drug for rare autoimmune diseases to new patients following the deaths of 20 people who took it. Kissei Pharmaceutical, which ...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder while carrying out a robbery on Thursday after an unknown number of intruders entered a home in Tochigi Prefecture, killing a woman, police said.

A Tokyo-based university has opened a laboratory where robots are carrying out medical experiments once handled by human ...

An earthquake with a preliminary ‌magnitude of ⁠6.3 ⁠hit ⁠northern ‌Japan ⁠on Friday, the ⁠Japan Meteorological Agency said. The ⁠epicenter ⁠of the earthquake, which hit at 8:22 p.m., ‌was off the ...

Japan's leading potato chip maker Calbee Inc will start selling some of its potato chip products in black-and-white packaging ...