A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in ...

A Japanese group offering support and counseling for people sexually exploited online has had some 67,000 explicit images and ...

Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-2 with a single and a run scored in his fifth All-Star appearance Tuesday as the National League ...

Japan saw a record 21.5 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2025, government data showed Wednesday, with travel ...

At Tohoku University, a growing number of employees hired as regular staff with no expiry dates on their contracts are being ...

A local chapter of the Japanese Communist Party said Wednesday it has filed a criminal complaint against the minor populist ...

Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower after directionless trading Wednesday, as many investors took to the sidelines ahead of the ...

A bear was spotted on a golf course in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday, prompting organizers of a women's ...

Removing restrictions that deny the wishes of those directly affected and updating Japan's marriage system to reflect ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday the company is developing "the world's ...

Nara City Hall is facing an unusual situation, where early voting for the July 20 House of Councillors election has led to ...

Typhoon Nari crossed the Hokkaido coast on Tuesday, making it the first landfall by a typhoon on Japan's northernmost main ...