The mayor of Nagasaki says he is considering how to respond to Taiwan's request to attend this year's ceremony marking the ...

A Japanese social media personality has been arrested for allegedly extorting a man out of 3 million yen ($21,000) in ...

As the final siren signals an end to this year's Japan Rugby League One final, victorious man-of-the-match Richie Mo'unga ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up four runs on seven hits in 3-2/3 innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 7-3 loss to the New York ...

Former yokozuna Hakuho is expected to hold a press conference on June 9 to announce his retirement from the Japan Sumo ...

Japanese universities have obtained a total of around 2.7 billion yen ($19 million) over nine years since the Defense ...

A commercial whaling ship returned to a port in northeastern Japan on Monday carrying 25 fin whales taken in the Sea of Okhotsk.

North Korea lifted a ban on the military use of space for national defense purposes by amending its space development law in ...

At 52,265 gross tons and 230 meters long, the Yokohama-based Asuka III will be the largest passenger ship in the Japanese fleet. It will be decorated with frescoes by Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju, ...

Japanese rookie Rio Takeda finished tied for second at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday as overnight leader Maja Stark of ...

As atomic bomb survivors age and fewer are able to share their experiences, attention has turned to surviving trees as silent witnesses.

Japan and South Korea on Sunday opened dedicated entry lanes for tourists visiting each other's countries at four airports, ...