A record 7,119 teachers at public elementary, junior high, senior high and special needs schools across Japan took a leave of ...

Major defense equipment maker Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. engaged in fictitious transactions with business partners for ...

Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki Hoshoryu heads into January's New Year Grand Sumo ...

A total of 371 properties around critical security facilities and border islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

TOKYO -- Dec. 24 has now officially been recognized as "Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Day" in Japan.

According to the association, 50.5% of respondents chose coughing and sneezing, making it the top-ranked annoying behavior ...

Figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu will perform in his ice show commemorating the 14th anniversary of the devastating March 11 ...

A bear measuring about 90 centimeters from head to tail was found in the living room of a house belonging to a man in his 60s ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee commended Nihon Hidankyo's work of demonstrating the inhumanity of nuclear weapons through ...

Following a rule change this year sparked by high schools' reliance on foreign runners, international students were only ...

Nearing 80 years since the end of World War II, the idea of reparations for civilian victims is getting neglected.

A North Korea-linked hacker group stole digital assets worth 48.2 billion yen ($307 million) from Tokyo-based cryptocurrency ...