A man in his 30s was arrested on Aug. 22 on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old woman ...

After heavy rain caused flooding of the Hinokinai River, residents in this northeast Japan city along the river were busy ...

Management of immigration and residency are important, but unjust violations of human rights must not happen. Of concern is ...

A Japanese play exploring the conflicted emotions of a young woman who survives the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima ...

U.S. chip giant Nvidia Corp. will join a project to develop a successor model to Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, which was once ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50.

A grand sumo summer tour was held in the city of Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, for the first time in three years. About 2,300 ...

A man who was killed by a brown bear while climbing a mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido is believed to have ...

Yuki Ishikawa, captain of Japan's national volleyball team, said Friday he will try to lead his country to a podium finish at ...

Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher on firm financial issues Friday to snap a three-day losing streak, but trading was ...

During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, some 2.3 million Japanese soldiers and military personnel lost their ...

Japanese golfer Akie Iwai opened with a 7-under 64 to take the lead at the CPKC Women's Open on Thursday, just four day ...