The Japanese government is set to hold discussions through the end of the year on reviewing welfare payments, which had been ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese research team has developed a type of plastic that can break down in seawater in a bid to ...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- National League MVP Shohei Ohtani said Thursday he will try to resume his two-way role when the Los ...

The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington returned to the Yokosuka base near Tokyo on Friday, its sec ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A giant circular timber roof known as the "Grand Ring" that is to be the centerpiece of the 2025 World ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as sentiment was boosted by rises on Wall Street overnight. In the first ...

China is arranging the restart of its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors in the near future, several ...

TOKYO -- A teen from the capital's Ota Ward who was arrested on Nov. 20 on suspicion of attempting to rob a "men's aesthetic ...

Roki Sasaki's posting will likely extend into the 2025 international signing period, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said ...

A local man here sued a Hokkaido-based music box shop operator on Nov. 20, claiming that the company demoted him and moved ...

A method developed by a Japanese team using three questions allows easy screening of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet is set to approve a 39 trillion yen ($252 billion) economic package to support ...