Professional skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who secured two consecutive Olympic gold medals in men's figure skating, will host his ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling around 2.1 kilograms of sedative-laced vape liquid used to make what has ...

A man here has been arrested and indicted on suspicion of performing medicine without a license, the latest case in a string ...

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set to pitch for Japan at the World Baseball Classic in March, joining two-way ...

The kanji was written with a giant calligraphy brush on a roughly 1.5 meters high and 1.3 meters wide sheet of "washi," ...

Tatsuhiko Inoue, executive vice president of public broadcaster NHK, has been picked to become its new president. For the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Families of victims of "karoshi," or death from overwork, on Thursday protested the recent selection of ...

The Japanese weather agency on Friday issued a tsunami advisory for northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake ...

When an earthquake strikes in winter, cold temperatures and snow can slow down evacuations and raise the risk of hypothermia.

Brothels established in Niigata Prefecture for Allied occupation forces immediately after Japan's surrender in World War II ...

The leaves of a heart-shaped ginkgo tree at the Iimori Fureai Hiroba community plaza's parking lot in the city of Isahaya, ...

With star flyhalf Richie Mo'unga back for his last campaign, Brave Lupus Tokyo will kick off their bid for a championship ...