East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will abolish its existing magnetic train tickets and replace them with QR-coded ...

At least 73 local assemblies in 24 prefectures have submitted formal opinions to the central government calling for the ...

Kayoko Mori, wife of the late historian and atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori, met in Hiroshima on June 3 with relatives of ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday called for securing funding to transform the country's defense ...

Major music house Victor Entertainment Inc., based in Tokyo, will launch a regional revitalization project in this ...

The impact of bullying extends far beyond school years and continues to significantly affect people's lives even after ...

Foreign nationals running international restaurants and import food shops in Japan are facing the threat of going out of ...

Sumo grand champion Hoshoryu and other top wrestlers departed Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday for Paris, where they will ...

The population of endangered short-tailed albatrosses on a remote Japanese island has exceeded 10,000 for the first time ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved on Tuesday a proposed bill that would outlaw desecration of Japan's national ...

Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday, with the Nikkei stock index climbing over 2% after its drop the past three straight trading days ...

Japan trained for the first time at their World Cup base in Nashville, Tennessee, after arriving Monday from a pre-tou ...