Over 10,000 people in Japan were taken to hospital due to heat-related illnesses over the course of a week in July, marking ...

An initiative to provide free breakfast to elementary school students twice a week before classes in this west Japan city has ...

Nearly half of people in Japan expect little from Sanseito, the populist party that made significant gains in the latest ...

Some 20,000 rounds of fireworks illuminated the evening skies during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival on July 26, ...

The International Monetary Fund is upgrading the economic outlook for the United States and the world this year and next ...

Vissel Kobe said Tuesday former Spain star midfielder Andres Iniesta will miss this weekend's charity match in Kobe, western ...

The Tokyo District Court on July 28 ordered a man to pay some 76 million yen (approx. $512,000) in compensation to a singer ...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which had taken a conciliatory approach to Russia regarding its invasion ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Tuesday to hold a plenary meeting of its parliamentary members soon, as Prime ...

A brown bear was filmed attacking a male Yezo deer with impressive antlers on a national road in Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula on ...

Liverpool players including Japan captain Wataru Endo went through their paces Tuesday ahead of their friendly against ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine over seven strong innings and Shohei Ohtani drove in two runs for the Los Angeles Dodge ...