Support is growing within the Japan Innovation Party for the prospect of forming a coalition with the ruling Liberal ...

Bears are increasingly entering human-inhabited areas and attacking people living there. In July, two people were killed each ...

For just the second time in his modest career, No. 15 maegashira Kotoshoho had a title within reach. This time he made sure ...

HIROSHIMA — Sorato Shimizu blazed to victory in 10.00 seconds in the boy’s 100 meters at the Inter High School Athletics Meet ...

Visitors to Japan’s highest mountain, Mt. Fuji, may not realize just how close they are to the country’s deepest body of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday that he must curb his feelings over whether he will step down during a recording ...

Japan’s $550 billion investment package agreed in this week’s U.S. tariff deal could help finance a Taiwanese firm building ...

Tourists are drawn to the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, for its nighttime views of an industrial complex along a ...

TAIPEI/BEIJING — Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung made a rare trip to Japan, where his stops include a visit to the 2025 ...

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. will begin selling a first-of-its-kind insurance to local governments that covers ...

Yuki Saito, a former pitcher for the Japanese professional baseball team Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, is spearheading the ...

More than 1,100 cases of cave-ins and underground cavities were confirmed on national highways across the country between ...