Four people died and one remained unresponsive as heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday and continued into early Friday, with ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street after the release of a weaker-than-expected producer price index further eased inflation concerns. In the first 15 ...

Kumamoto Castle reopened to visitors Thursday, just over two weeks after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Jap ...

Russia and North Korea are considering a plan to deploy additional North Korean troops to three western Russian regions ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning, led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares, as the release of ...

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Plaintiffs Kiyotaka Nishi, center, and Mana Sato, third from right, arrive at the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, July 29, 2026. The banner reads, "Toward a society where married ...

TOKYO -- Paralysis can persist on one side or other parts of the body after a stroke, making everyday tasks difficult. For people living with these lasting effects, assistive devices designed to ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Honda Motor Co. has developed a robotic hand capable of highly dexterous movements, marking a return to robotics with a new industrial focus after retiring its once-iconic ASIMO ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday called Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to an island in a Russian-held, Ja ...

This photo taken in November 2019 from a Mainichi airplane 'Kibou' shows Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan.(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- ...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic ...