The next leader of Japan's ruling party, and by extension, the prime minister, will be either former defense chief Shigeru ...

Two stateless sisters in their 80s, of Japanese descent in the Philippines, will restore their Japanese citizenships, having ...

Eikoh Hosoe, known for his aesthetic photographs of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, died last week in a Tokyo hospital due to ...

China said Wednesday its army test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into a designated area on the high seas in the ...

Rising star Onosato won promotion to sumo's second highest rank of ozeki at a record pace of nine professional tournaments on ...

One of the rarest and most highly coveted Pokemon cards in the world fetched $360,000 at a Sotheby's auction Tuesday in New ...

ANA Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will not offer a commercial flying taxi service at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, ...

Japan's Morinari Watanabe says he wants to make the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Games "loved by people" as he ...

The prefectural and city governments of Nagasaki have appealed a court ruling in favor of some of the plaintiffs seeking ...

A woman who led off a series of lawsuits demanding compensation against the state for forced sterilization surgeries under a ...

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's triumph in the leadership election of Japan's main opposition party on Monday ...

Twelve people are referred to prosecutors on suspicion of abusing horses to make them ascend a steep hill during a ...