An 18-year-old high school student is arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a woman on a southwestern Japan island last ...

A major Japanese credit card company plans to introduce touch payments for public transportation tickets across Japan in 2026 at the earliest, aiming to make travel easier for foreign tourists who ...

For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...

Myanmar marks four years since the coup that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, with the junta extending ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order enacting tariffs of 25 percent on imports from Canada and Mexico, and ...

Following a rocky start to his B-League career with the Chiba Jets, national team star Yuta Watanabe is determined to get on ...

Scenes featuring a Japanese comedian in a program to be aired by Nippon Television Network Corp. have been cut following a ...

Yoshihito Nishioka and Kei Nishikori win their reverse singles matches as Japan came from behind to beat Britain 3-2 in the first round of the Davis Cup team tennis qualifiers.

With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says he and his new U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed to beef up their nations' ...

New yokozuna Hoshoryu takes part in a traditional "tsuna-uchi" rope-making ceremony at his Tatsunami stable in Tokyo in ...

Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu on Friday reacted to the death of U.S. figure skating icon and ...