A man here has been arrested and indicted on suspicion of performing medicine without a license, the latest case in a string ...

Tatsuhiko Inoue, executive vice president of public broadcaster NHK, has been picked to become its new president. For the ...

A nationwide survey on Japan's policies related to foreigners conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun in November has unveiled ...

Professional skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who secured two consecutive Olympic gold medals in men's figure skating, will host his ...

The kanji was written with a giant calligraphy brush on a roughly 1.5 meters high and 1.3 meters wide sheet of "washi," ...

The Japanese weather agency on Friday issued a tsunami advisory for northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling around 2.1 kilograms of sedative-laced vape liquid used to make what has ...

U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday on buying spurred by optimism over the U.S. economy following the Federal Reserve's interest ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Families of victims of "karoshi," or death from overwork, on Thursday protested the recent selection of ...

Brothels established in Niigata Prefecture for Allied occupation forces immediately after Japan's surrender in World War II ...

An airstrike by Myanmar 's military destroyed a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel armed force, killing 34 ...