The education board of this southwestern Japan city announced on Oct. 28 that objects believed to be dice and "koppai" cards, ...

The Kizugawa Municipal Board of Education in Kyoto Prefecture announced on Nov. 2 that an administrative employee at a ...

The number of babies born to Japanese nationals in Japan rose 0.4 percent from a year ago to 320,458 in the January-June ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower in volatile trading Wednesday, with the Nikkei briefly plunging toward 60,000, as media projections ...

Japan's top government spokesman said Wednesday the nation's alliance with the United States remains essential for global ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toho Co. said Wednesday its latest Godzilla film "Godzilla Minus Zero" earned 910 million yen ($5.75 million ...

Democrat James Talarico flipped a U.S. Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Paxton to pull off the party ...

An international cycling event called Cycling Shimanami 2026 was held on October 25 along the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido ...

A 36-year-old South Korean national has been arrested in western Japan on suspicion of illegally exporting vehicles worth aro ...

U.S. voters headed to the polls Tuesday in midterm elections widely seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump's second ...

From traditional folk songs to modern pop hits, Japan is turning stretches of ordinary road into unlikely tourist attractions ...

A 21-year-old man who did not attend school for all nine years of elementary and junior high school recently joined his ...