Sanae Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister in parliament on Wednesday as the Diet convened a special session ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani pitched for the first time in a live batting practice session during ...

The Kasedori festival, which has been passed down for about 400 years, took place in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata ...

NASA began another practice launch countdown Tuesday for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts after making repai ...

Three men were buried under snow in northern Japan on Wednesday before being rescued, with one of them, likely in his 60s, ...

The following is an explanation of how a new Japanese prime minister is selected in a special parliamentary session.

Sanae Takaichi is set to be reelected as Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday as the Diet convenes a special se ...

Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jorgen Kristensen's closest friends were his stepfather's sled dogs. Most ...

The Japanese women's curling team was eliminated from semifinal contention at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesd ...

Japan secured the women's speed skating team pursuit bronze on Tuesday to win the nation's 19th medal of the Milan Cortina ...

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday, with the Nikkei index snapping a four-day losing streak, boosted by hopes for positive effects of Japan' ...

Japanese figure skater Ami Nakai made an impressive Olympic debut Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Winter Games as she topped the ...