Renowned Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested April 8 for allegedly kicking a nurse and causing injury at a hospital in ...

Shohei Ohtani finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-4 loss to the Washington Nationals ...

The head of Japan's junior ruling coalition partner Komeito party is planning to visit China this month, hoping to hand ...

A 23-year-old man who was born in Japan and raised in the Gaza Strip recently enrolled in a vocational school here to study ...

Some Japanese banks have begun blocking withdrawals from accounts held by foreigners whose period of stay has expired, the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Unit sales of Fujifilm Corp.'s "instax" instant camera series have exceeded 100 million, the company said ...

The Japan Sports Agency's commissioner Koji Murofushi expressed hope Tuesday that his country will host successful world ...

Yukari Kinga, a member of Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning team, will retire at the end of this season, her WE League ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

Japan on Tuesday released a commemorative 500 yen coin for the World Exposition that opens in Osaka this weekend.

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time pare ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday failed to secure a tariff exemption during a telephone call with U.S.