Hibakusha, or A-bomb survivors, in Nagasaki mourned the death of singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, remembering his lifelong ...

Clinical trials of transplanting pig kidneys into human patients, or xenotransplantation, are expected to begin as early as ...

An ethnic Korean woman living in the city of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, has filed a criminal complaint with Kanagawa ...

Last summer, a 17-year-old student won an event at the track and field meet for part-time and correspondence high schools in ...

Is Japan Post Co. going to drift back toward being a state-run enterprise with no vision for the future? It is time to ...

The nightcap is a matchup of top-10 teams when the Netherlands faces Morocco. The Dutch are often considered the best country ...

The head of the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission has expressed hope that Japan will host a fu ...

The Osaka High Court has ordered the Japanese government to pay 880,000 yen (roughly $5,440) in damages to a Peruvian man of ...

A four-car train derailed shortly after leaving Kintetsu Kyoto Station in Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward early on June 29, forcing ...

Freddie Freeman drew a tiebreaking, bases-loaded walk off suddenly wild Michael King in the fifth inning and Mookie Betts ...

On a Sunday in April, Sairinji temple in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan was bustling with people celebrating Buddha's birthday ...

Japan stalwart Yuto Nagatomo believes his team's mental strength will be tested like never before when they face Brazi ...