Passengers started disembarking on Sunday from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored off Tenerife in Spain's Canary ...

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The president of the company that runs the Yudetaro soba noodle chain in Japan is using Facebook to defend his company's ...

Yokozuna Hoshoryu appeared to be hurt and limped from the ring following an upset loss to komusubi Takayasu as the Summer Grand Sumo ...

What is the formal name of the Yamato Museum that recently reopened after renovation work in Hiroshima Prefecture?

The team discovered that delays in a person's first marriage and the birth of a first child associated with higher ...

The Japanese cruise ship, Nippon Maru, returned Sunday to a port south of Tokyo after its final voyage to mark the end of its ...

The former main and east buildings of the Kagawa Prefectural Government complex here are masterpieces of modernist ...

Paying more than the once-common ceiling of 1,000 yen (about $6.40) for lunch in central Tokyo has become routine, drawing attention to emplo ...

A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary ...

Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma suffered a suspected left hamstring injury in their 3-0 win against relegated Wolverhampton ...

Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki, best known for the Ring series of horror novels, died of a disease on Friday at a hospital in ...