Osaka Prefectural Police on Aug. 19 arrested a former manager of Osaka-based construction company Takenaka Corp. on suspicion ...

The subtitle of Japanese actor Keiko Kishi's autobiography reads, "You can't eat an omelette without breaking eggs." The ...

A week after record rainfall caused extensive flooding across Chiba Prefecture in eastern Japan, the death toll stands at 13 ...

Local authorities in Shanghai have urged some Chinese amateur underground idol groups not to sing Japanese songs amid ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea launched what may be a ballistic missile on Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said. Earlier ...

A new buffet-style restaurant featuring locally sourced ingredients has opened in this western Japan city, aiming to promote ...

Convenience store sales in Japan edged up 0.7 percent in July from a year earlier, supported by promotional efforts such as ...

Baseball players and coaches of Ariake High School, Kumamoto Prefecture's representative at the 108th National High School ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other Cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Jinja shrine in Tokyo on Aug.

Roki Sasaki threw two-run ball over five innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 in extra innings on ...

Heavy rain in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo from the evening of Aug. 13 into the early hours of Aug. 14 flooded an unusually ...

The government of this southwest Japan city honored three high school students on Aug. 18 for jointly rescuing three ...