Japan's parliament enacted a law Wednesday to establish a new National Intelligence Council to centralize information ...

Shunichiro Sato, a member of the Japan men's volleyball national team, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. unveiled to the media on Thursday a highly autonomous Level 4 self-driving bus set ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese high court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that had revoked government approval for ...

TOKYO -- Students seeking to win a spring 2027 place at a Japanese university early, before the standard round of entrance ...

KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A man was indicted Thursday on suspicion of murdering his 11-year-old stepson and abandoning his body in a wooded area in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. Yuki Adachi, 37, was quoted ...

Following an accident in which two boats capsized off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, resulting in the ...

Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, weighed down by investors locking in gains in heavyweight technology shares and renewed ...

Shohei Ohtani homered leading off the bottom of the first inning after pitching a hitless opening frame for the Los Angeles ...

Operation of a new system of "disaster prevention weather information" reorganizing warnings and advisories for hazards in ...

This western Japan city has introduced an age-appropriate debate-based education program from early childhood to help ...

At an event here on May 17, four foreign residents from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam spoke about their worries. About ...