With the House of Councillors election looming this summer, a local assembly race in Tokyo on June 22 will likely give a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap general election if the main ...

Two Japanese nationals have been killed in Dalian, northeastern China, and a Chinese suspect has been detained, an official ...

Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, a People's Honor Award recipient who rose to stardom for his on-field exploits ...

Brave Lupus Tokyo flyhalf Richie Mo'unga collected his second straight Japan Rugby League One most valuable player award, a ...

The mayor of Nagasaki says he is considering how to respond to Taiwan's request to attend this year's ceremony marking the ...

A Japanese footballer playing on an Australian A-League team has been arrested for alleged involvement in a betting scandal, ...

As the final siren signals an end to this year's Japan Rugby League One final, victorious man-of-the-match Richie Mo'unga ...

A Japanese social media personality has been arrested for allegedly extorting a man out of 3 million yen ($21,000) in ...

Iran plans to reject a proposal from the United States for a nuclear agreement, viewing it as "not balanced," a diplomatic ...

Former yokozuna Hakuho, who won a record 45 top-division championships, will retire from the Japan Sumo Association on June 9 ...

A commercial whaling ship returned to a port in northeastern Japan on Monday carrying 25 fin whales taken in the Sea of Okhotsk.