Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba passed away on Oct. 22 at the age of 87, having remained a central figure in the manga ...

Grapes hang from vines on the rooftop of a high-rise building in central Tokyo, while rice stalks sway in a paddy. Major ...

In interparty talks on reforming Japan's House of Representatives electoral system, the ruling coalition of the Liberal ...

Police believe he was running a so-called "Japan migration business" for wealthy Chinese clients and arranged for 30 to 40 ...

A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police ...

One would never imagine that an expired driver's license could be improperly diverted by the police in Japan. Such misuse ...

A group of 13 Tokyo residents who do not own smartphones or Japan's My Number identification cards sued the Tokyo ...

The SoftBank Hawks clinched back-to-back Japan Series titles Wednesday as they completed a 4-0 sweep of the DeNA BayStars, ...

North Korea fired Thursday what may be a ballistic missile, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. The Japan Coast Guard urged ...

Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. said Thursday its net profit for the April-September period fell 11.8 percent from a year ...

Two Japanese may have been on the trains that collided in Spain, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday. At least 68 people ...

A team of researchers from Japanese and U.S. universities has identified a gene in yellow fever mosquitos key to the ...