The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, standing trial over the 2022 fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, apologized ...

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl who was illegally forced to work at a ...

To curb rising prices that are burdening the public in Japan, it is essential to correct the yen's depreciation, which has ...

Starting Dec. 2, Japan's conventional health insurance cards will no longer be usable. However, the Ministry of Health, Labor ...

Grand champion Onosato blew away No. 3 maegashira Hiradoumi to grab the outright lead Friday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo ...

FUKUOKA -- Nintendo Co. has opened its largest Japan store at JR Hakata Station in this southwest Japan city.

About half of high school students in west Japan's Oita Prefecture said in a recent survey they believe they are ...

The Japanese government is considering raising the departure tax with the aim of having inbound tourists bear more of the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was a unanimous winner Thursday for his third straight MVP Award and ...

For Kinoko, love has never fitted neatly into a box. A genderqueer writer in their 40s living in Tokyo, Kinoko has on ...

Japan and Indonesia will hold ministerial security talks in Tokyo involving their foreign and defense chiefs next Monday, ...

A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition ...