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

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

The SoftBank Hawks win their first Pacific League pennant in four years, clinching the title moments before they completed a ...

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

The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan ships spent fuel to the country's first interim storage facility.

An exhibition of the works of celebrated Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino (1952-1996), who lived in Alaska and captured ...

Nippon Steel Corp. has reapplied to the U.S. committee on foreign investment for a review of its planned acquisition of ...

The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers in Japan in fiscal 2022 has been revised down to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts a high-level meeting aimed at increasing momentum to initiate talks on a ...

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

Japan's weather agency issues a tsunami advisory for the Izu and Ogasawara islands, south of Tokyo, following a magnitude 5.9 ...

Japan's full support for Ukraine will continue, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who will step down in the coming days, pledges ...