Japan's Transport Minister Kaneko Yasushi says another vessel owned by a Japanese shipping company passed through the Strait ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a member of a yakuza group on suspicion of abducting a woman with the intent of sending her ...

Trading was choppy on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a day after the benchmark index's three-session winning run took ...

The number of children needing Japanese language support has nearly doubled in the last decade, and schools are struggling to ...

Japan is allocating billions of dollars to ease household energy costs this summer. The policy reflects a jump in fuel prices ...

Department store sales in Japan rose for the fourth straight month in April. Spring clothing and luxury items, such as ...

US media outlets say the US military conducted what are described as "self-defense strikes" in southern Iran on Monday.

Russia has warned Ukraine that it will begin "systemic strikes" on Kyiv, and has urged foreign diplomats to leave the city ...

US President Donald Trump has discussed different options for destroying Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.

People in Yamagata Prefecture's Tsuruoka City handed out sake and other drinks during a parade at a traditional festival ...

The foreign ministers of Japan and India have agreed to cooperate to ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and a ...

The manager of Japan's Yomiuri Giants baseball team has resigned after police arrested him for allegedly assaulting his ...