Opposition-backed candidates are leading ruling bloc rivals in Japan's House of Councillors election, while a minor ...

Ichiro Yamashita, a 41-year-old resident of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, is suspected of attacking Tomoka Takeuchi, the ...

Two women working at a so-called girls' bar in Hamamatsu, central Japan, were fatally stabbed early Sunday, with a man ...

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani threw two scoreless innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-4 loss to the Houston Astros on Saturday ...

More people evacuated from small islands in southwestern Japan on Sunday as quakes continued to rattle the area, heading to ...

Suzuki Motor Corp., the longtime top carmaker in the Indian market, has launched sales of boil-in-the-bag curry, initially ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako departed Sunday for a state visit to Mongolia, the first by a Japanese emperor, ...

Japan's major political parties are offering their visions for Japan in the decades ahead as they prepare for an upper house ...

Brazilian forward Anderson Lopes is set to leave Yokohama F Marinos as he prepares to join an undisclosed side, the J-League ...

Japan is home to some 1.5 million "hikikomori," the Japanese term for individuals who withdraw from society and self-isolate, ...

Naoki Hyakuta, leader of the minor right-wing opposition Conservative Party of Japan, made remarks on Saturday that could be ...

Nagasaki has accepted a request from Taiwan to attend this year's ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic ...