Kashima Jingu shrine in this east Japan city launched its Mifune Matsuri festival water procession on Sept. 2, with a ...

The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is sharply expanding public spending without regard for the ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The leading Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group on Tuesday denounced the "absolute evil" of nuclear ...

Three people suspected of trying to defraud a homeowner out of 3.2 million yen (nearly $20,000) for purported repair work ...

A revised enforcement ordinance under the Road Traffic Act took effect on Sept. 1, lowering the statutory maximum speed on ...

Bank of Japan policymaker Hajime Takata on Wednesday stressed the need for an early rate hike, saying the central bank should ...

Nippon Professional Baseball's oldest active player, 46-year-old Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa, will retire at ...

Japanese and Polish foreign ministers agreed Monday at their meeting in Slovakia to coordinate support for Ukraine's recovery ...

The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in ...

SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday it has achieved communications tests of its flying mobile phone base in preparation for ...

Taiwan's labor minister will travel to mainland China later this month for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, in ...

Tokyo stocks fell sharply Wednesday morning on elevated Japanese government bond yields and inflation concerns after renewed ...