Shinkansen bullet train services in and around Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening due to a torrential downpour, ...

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested at least five people in connection with cases of Vietnamese technical intern trainees ...

As the July 20 House of Representatives election approaches, political parties in Japan have been proposing restrictions on ...

Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya urged his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday to ease Beijing's export ...

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan will take on WBA interim champ Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan ...

Creating an environment where people can actively participate in a variety of fields in regional areas regardless of gender ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya called for a "free, fair and open" international economic ...

It was Lisa, a Thai member of K-pop quartet Blackpink, who ignited the Labubu boom. Her post on social media of a photo of ...

The climbing season on Mt. Fuji began in full on Thursday as all three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side were opened, ...

Ascendant star Onosato will be under an intense spotlight as he makes his yokozuna debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ...

The Bank of Japan on Thursday maintained its economic assessments of all nine regions, even as concerns grow about the ...