Japan sweltered under intense heat on June 17 as warm air from the south blanketed the archipelago, driving temperatures to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving the Group of Seven summit in Canada a day early due to the situation in the Middle ...

Shohei Ohtani is making his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut, 643 days after the two-way superstar had elbow surgery.

Shohei Ohtani could return to a major league mound in the next two weeks but Los Angeles Dodgers rookie right-hander Roki ...

Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo, has turned heads. Now, the multiple-eyeballed creature is helping a ...

In tea-growing Shizuoka Prefecture, the Fuji city government announced it has joined the Onigiri Society, a private-sector ...

GIFU--Two hospitals in this central Japan prefecture believe that inpatients having their beloved dogs nearby could stabilize ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Hiroshima Prefecture on June 19 and 20 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end ...

Katsutoshi Takegami’s curiosity was piqued when he discovered a wooden box containing a large number of old photos showing ...

The owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant in western Japan was arrested with two other people on June 16 for ignoring an ...

Only 28 percent of voters approve of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s plan to provide cash handouts to help households deal ...

WASHINGTON--A “golden share” to be held by the U.S. government as part of Nippon Steel Corp.’s deal to buy out U.S. Steel ...