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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The Japanese government has decided to nominate Hikone Castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, for registration as 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.

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

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 ...