Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continues his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, upsetting ...

A Chinese court sentences a man to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September in Shenzhen, Japan's ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data show that the ...

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

U.S. federal prosecutors demand a prison term of four years and nine months for Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering not joining the planned merger between Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. and ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu hands overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the wrestler from ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said in in an interview aired Jan. 23 that he intends to reengage with North Korean leader Kim ...

Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.