A working group of the U.N. Human Rights Council urges North Korea to improve the human rights situation in the country in ...

Japan's nuclear watchdog formally decided Wednesday that a reactor in central Japan has failed to pass a safety review needed ...

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. says it is considering a management buyout proposed by a member of the company's ...

About 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region have been fighting against Ukrainian forces, a ...

Police says they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this ...

A special exhibition featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani's historic 50th home run ball of 2024 kicks off on a ...

September champion Onosato suffers his first loss as an ozeki against former sekiwake Abi on the fourth day of the Kyushu ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba received a medical checkup on Wednesday for the second time in five days, amid ...

The Japanese health ministry calls for seniors to take routine coronavirus vaccinations ahead of the winter, when infections ...

The operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka says it will open a new attraction area based on Nintendo Co.'s popular ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to hold their first summit on Friday in ...

A Buddhist priest who was drafted by the Japanese military and endured horrendous conditions, including witnessing the deaths ...