Left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara agreed to a two-year deal with the Washington Nationals on Friday after he was posted by the ...

That's when she thought of utilizing the Line app on her smartphone. She created a Line group, and had people interested in ...

Japan's farm minister on Friday said the government plans to release its stockpiled rice for the first time to alleviate ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into ...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has stopped disclosing the gender of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members subject to ...

A man was taken to a hospital here Jan. 24 after he was found on a street with his exposed organs in an apparent knife attack ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday made clear to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone call that the new ...

The Imperial Household Agency said that its official Instagram account showcasing the activities of Japanese Emperor Naruhito ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Kyoto Municipal Government's plan to raise its ...

A student was referred to prosecutors Jan. 23 on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and presenting a forged ID ...

Police in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 23 sent papers to prosecutors on two men on suspicion of violating copyrights by ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report ...