Eight gas station operators are suspected of repeatedly coordinating diesel fuel prices for corporate customers in Tokyo in a ...

A man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had been missing for weeks has confessed to strangling the boy, ...

Japan's initial budget for defense spending and related costs for fiscal 2026 totaled about 10.6 trillion yen ($66.5 billion) ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has chosen "kokushobi," which literally means "cruelly ...

The Japanese government will establish a council of experts to discuss whether the unauthorized use of sound data in ...

China said Friday a Japanese Self-Defense Forces vessel entered the Taiwan Strait earlier in the day, prompting it to lodge a ...

The family of an engineer who took his own life while on assignment in China has reached a settlement with Kawasaki Heavy ...

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance gave high marks Thursday to their moonship, especially the heat ...

A vibrant carpet of flowers in colors such as white and pink blooming on a private residential property in this central Japan ...

Voices of opposition have been rising from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over the government's bill ...

Popular "jet balloons" came back to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, after seven years.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is urging other nations to back a "trade over aid" initiative at the United Nations as part of ...