Heavy rain battered parts of central Japan on Thursday, causing landslides and flooding with a series of reports of cars becoming submerged and calls for rescue. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make a day trip to Kumamoto Prefecture in late September to visit areas hit hard by a July earthquake, sources affiliated with the Imperial ...

Japan plans to provide defense equipment and other supplies to the armed forces of at least 12 like-minded countries under its Official Security Assistance program in fiscal 2026, up from eight ...

Japan's government on Wednesday revealed a comprehensive plan to strengthen its energy supply structure, focusing on diversifying oil procurement sources and supporting pipeline construction in ...

Police in Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old part-time supermarket employee who claimed that she was robbed of 4 million yen in store sales proceeds as she was about to get into ...

Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter race at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.

The decomposing bodies of three unidentified individuals were found at a residence in Ono town, Gifu Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, shortly after 4 p.m., they received a call from a ...

The Bank of Japan should continue to raise its key policy rate, BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said Thursday, stressing the weaker yen's impact on inflation, with his comments coming as the market ...

Sumo chiefs are planning measures to beat Japan's increasingly punishing summer heat, including avoiding venues that don't have air conditioning and lightening the load on weary wrestlers. Japan ...

Japan's farm ministry is set to buy back rice it released from its stockpile in 2025 amid calls by farmers concerned about a price collapse, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The Ministry of ...

Four watches worth around 200 million yen were stolen in a matter of seconds Tuesday from a store inside a shopping complex popular among anime and manga fans, police said. Two men wearing black masks ...

Japan is understandably fond of its indigenous culinary culture. However, it’s also a nation with an unabashed enthusiasm for adopting tasty foods that originated overseas, so it’s not uncommon for ...