NAGASAKI--An imposing late 19th century building here that once served as an orphanage is undergoing extensive refurbishment ...

A teenager who survived for nine days trapped in rubble from the 2011 tsunami disaster later went into hiding from public view, embarrassed by “miracle rescue” descriptions of his ordeal.

Fishing operations are finally back to normal, well almost, at the port of Wajima in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following ...

For a change, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is more or less in a position to do what it wants.

The Board of Audit of Japan has published a critical report on the annual audit of the government’s final accounts of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba renewed a pledge Saturday to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with the ...

The ruling coalition has agreed to consider a tax proposal from an opposition party to help it form a majority in the Diet.

CHIBA--Japanese ace Roki Sasaki will be available to Major League Baseball teams this offseason. The Chiba Lotte Marines ...

Minako Ishida spent two years frequenting a white mansion suspended over the sea, eager to grasp just what about the property ...

The Burrn! music magazine marked the 40th anniversary of its foundation despite finding itself in a jam over drastic changes ...

SEOUL-- A fishing boat capsized and sank off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju island Friday, leaving at least two people dead ...

NAGOYA--A team of researchers has developed a brain-training system for the early detection of, and recovery from, a state of ...