Lightning struck a school field in Nara on the evening of April 10, sending six students to hospital, including one in ...

What stood out for Japan was the low level of satisfaction with quality of life. Only 13% of Japanese pollees answered that ...

Tokyo stocks ended Friday morning down over 4 percent after the Nikkei briefly shed nearly 2,000 points, as shares were sold ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold one-on-one debates with opposition leaders from 3 p.m. on April 23 at the parliament, ...

With the World Exposition in Osaka to be held on an artificial island, concerns have risen over the possibility of visitors ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his complaint that the decades-old U.S.-Japan security treaty is ...

The top executive of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, said Thursday that U.S. President Donald ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya plans to deliver a speech at a preparatory session for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation ...

A fossilized tooth of a cartilaginous fish found in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido in 2013 is of a newly discovered ...

Sunset over Lake Shinji is seen through the branches of blooming cherry trees at Shirakata Park in the western Japan city of ...

The history of the former Soma family residence -- a manor built in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1908 that was the private ...

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (Kyodo) -- Japan cruised to a 5-2 opening win over Norway in Group B at the women's ice ...