In a departure from boys' club politics, candidates including four women, a writer and an ex-martial artist are making their ...

While a weaker currency helps spur inbound tourism, it is curbing demand for overseas travel for people in Japan, Mitsuko ...

Social media online hoaxes in Japan led to ¥27.8 billion in losses last year, according to the National Police Agency.

WADA has been under fire since confirming media reports that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned substance ...

After a monthslong delay, the fractious United States House of Representatives finally approved more than $60 billion in ...

For the first time in over 30 years, the yen weakened to below ¥155 per dollar, sending traders on the alert for possible ...

Ryohei Suzuki is in peak form as a lecherous private detective in an otherwise middling Netflix live-action manga adaptation.

The president of JR West and other officials observed a moment of silence at 9:18 a.m., the time of the crash, which killed ...

SLIM successfully reestablished communication and was continuing to take snapshots and probe the lunar surface, JAXA said.

Police say that Sachiko and Ryutaro Takarajima may have been assaulted at a house in Tokyo hours before their deaths.

Lead actor Ryohei Suzuki says production had to strike a balance between his character's reputation and modern sensibilities.

As cryptocurrency groups work to shield mines from local regulations, U.S. President Joe Biden proposed an excise tax on ...