Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he plans to speak with Donald Trump over the phone within days to discuss the U.S.

Organized crime groups struggling with declining membership and profits are increasingly adopting techniques honed by a new ...

OSAKA--The grounds of the Japan Mint in Osaka’s Kita Ward opened to the public on April 5 in an annual event to show off the ...

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton is not used to aiming lower. But he may need to as he adjusts to his first season with ...

Back when smartphones and email messaging were still unheard of, there was a story that Tsuyoshi Mori (1928-2010), a ...

Disgraced celebrity Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a former announcer at Fuji Television Network Inc. in a “work-related” ...

Tourists could enjoy the rare view of the lake in the No. 1 crater of Mount Nakadake in the Aso volcano complex here turned ...

The Rikyugura sake brewery is looking to the future as it taps into the thriving Japanese whisky market and opened Senshu ...

BANGKOK—The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies ...

Shohei Ohtani met the moment again, and his latest theatrics have the Los Angeles Dodgers perfect to start the season.

A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

The University of Tokyo will establish its first new faculty in nearly 70 years to significantly increase foreign student enrollment.