Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's triumph in the leadership election of Japan's main opposition party on Monday ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts a high-level meeting aimed at increasing momentum to initiate talks on a ...

A seventh person has been confirmed dead following heavy rains that hit the Noto region in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been named the National League's Player of the Week for the third time this ...

Japan's full support for Ukraine will continue, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who will step down in the coming days, pledges ...

Japan's weather agency issues a tsunami advisory for the Izu and Ogasawara islands, south of Tokyo, following a magnitude 5.9 ...

With Japan remaining wedded to the death penalty despite a shift away from capital punishment among many developed nations, ...

Japan's Defense Ministry says a Russian military aircraft violated its airspace three times, with an Air Self-Defense Force ...

Japan finish runners-up at the Women's under-20 World Cup for the second tournament in a row, losing 1-0 to North Korea in ...

Shinkansen bullet train services have restarted on a section of track in western Japan after being suspended for hours due to ...

Japan is strongly alarmed by recent airspace breaches by China and Russia and other military activities by them around the country, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara says.

Grand Sumo Tournament champion Onosato pledged Monday to work even harder as he prepares to receive the fastest-ever ...