The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit demanding compensation in connection with a South Korean ...

In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man from Iwate Prefecture has been serving warm coffee to people ...

Amid the seemingly endless increase in prices, people in Japan may be feeling the pinch especially during January due to ...

Paralympic gold medalist Yuto Sano, who secured Japan's first-ever men's goalball crown at the Paris Games with a dramatic ...

Prosecutors on Friday issued a summary indictment against a ruling party staff member in charge of accounting for the party ...

The International Monetary Fund said Friday that global economic growth for 2025 is forecast at 3.3 percent, up 0.1 ...

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Friday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to decide on Japan's participation as an observer ...

Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in ...

Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles ...

Japan is likely to miss the fiscal discipline target it had aimed to achieve in the next fiscal year starting in April due ...

The president of Fuji Television Network Inc. apologized Friday over allegations it was involved in a sexual misconduct ...

The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to pay 400,000 yen (approx. $2,600) in compensation to a ...