Shugo Maki's sixth-inning grand slam powered Japan to a 9-6 comeback win over Venezuela in the Premier12 baseball ...

Kenichi Hosoya, left, and his wife Shiho. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki and Ayumi Iwasaki) TOKYO -- A Tokyo couple arrested on ...

Japan's Mone Chiba topped the women's short program and Shun Sato the men's Friday at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating ...

Activists and experts who are pushing world leaders to save an overheating planet learned it's not so easy, even in a simulat ...

Osaka Prefectural Police have sent papers on a zookeeper in his 40s on suspicion of stealing fresh fruit and vegetables that ...

Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Friday it will list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime Market on Dec. 18 in ...

Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, recently acquitted over a 1966 quadruple murder after becoming the world's ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu and Kotozakura will head into the final weekend of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament tied for the lead at 12-1 ...

Kawasaki Frontale salvaged a 1-1 draw at Urawa Reds in the J-League first division on Friday after their match, postponed ro ...

A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held at Universal Studios Japan (USJ) theme park in Osaka on November 19. The tree was ...

The world's top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former ...

A Japanese research team has developed a type of plastic that can break down in seawater in a bid to decrease environmental ...