A Myanmar man who fled a farm in Hokkaido, where he was employed under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker status, said at a ...

Ozeki Kirishima signaled his determination to earn yokozuna promotion at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a dominant ...

Torrential rain pounded central Japan on Tuesday, prompting an emergency flood warning for a major river in the region, as ...

A newly exhibited puffer fish at the municipal aquarium in this western Japan city is drawing the attention of visitors. Acc ...

Mercari Inc., a major Japanese online flea market operator, said on Sept. 7 that it was removing listings linked to a ...

The Japanese government is set to buy back 210,000 metric tons of the 590,000 tons of reserve rice it released last year.

The Yokohama Municipal Government on Sept. 8 released a third-party investigative panel report on the case of a boy at a day ...

The United States, in past communications with the Japanese government about U.S. military bases in Okinawa, conveyed its ...

Tenbi Junmai Ginjo Hotaten, a sake product from Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, has won the highest award in the rice-wine ...

The backup capital push is a key pillar of the ruling coalition agreement between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal ...

Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka resigned after the municipal assembly unanimously approved the move at a plenary meeting on ...

The government will boost support to help people stranded by heavy rain, following recent natural disasters including record ...