Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to bring back Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, but his plan to ...

Rieko Nakagawa, author of the long-selling picture book series featuring twin mice "Guri and Gura," has died, the publisher ...

Japan reaches the men's team sprint podium for the first time at the track cycling world championships by beating Britain in ...

Japan is heading to a pivotal 465-seat House of Representatives election on Oct. 27, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sends a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, the first day of its autumn ...

The U.S. dollar briefly tops 150 yen for the first time since early August on Thursday, as the European Central Bank's rate ...

As official campaigning for Japan's general election began earlier this week, debate over the possibility of the country ...

Japan confirms the season's first avian influenza outbreak, with authorities identifying around 19,000 birds for culling at a ...

Police officers in Japan will wear body cameras on a trial basis to record questioning in public spaces, according to the ...

Shohei Ohtani blasts a towering three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 8-0 ...

North Korea says its road and railway links to South Korea "have been completely blocked" in line with its Constitution that ...

The following introduces some pavilions expected to draw attention at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. Singapore, often ...