The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to consider legalizing the use of birth surnames alone in official ...

Setting aside criticism of preemptive strikes, which violate international law, and placing all responsibility for the ...

More than 100 art pieces in northeastern Japan damaged by the massive tsunami disaster nearly 15 years ago have been brought ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna promotion-chasing ozeki Aonishiki suffered a potentially crucial third defeat after six days at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday as yokozuna Hoshoryu joined a seven ...

The Tokyo Aqua Symphony, one of the world's largest fountains, will begin operating at Odaiba Marine Park in Minato Ward on March 28, the Tok ...

A 22-year-old Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) sailor was arrested in Nara Prefecture on March 11 for allegedly trying to extort 300,0 ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for attempting to rape an intoxicated woman after forcing her to take 32 shots of tequila, which resulted in her ...

The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from ...

Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, looks set on Friday to pass a record initial state budget for fiscal ...

Now, Japan's airline industry is undergoing a transformation, driven by a focus on comfort and diversity in the workplace. At Osaka Itami Airport, where more than 350 flights arrive and depart daily, ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for Japan in Saturday's World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Venezuela at Miami's loanD ...

Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in his first statement as Iran's new supreme leader that the Islamic Republic will continue ...