TOKYO - The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7 percent in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday began requiring rental go-kart service operators to register with it when they set up ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that Japan is not importing enough American rice, expressing further ...

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($28) to ease overcrowding and the impact on the environment.

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee ...

Japan's four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka survived a challenging first-round encounter with Australian qualifier Talia Gibson at Wimbledon on Monday, bouncing back from a slow start to advance w ...

The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7 percent in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest pace of ...

A same-sex partnership system in Japan first introduced by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in 2015 is now available to 92.5 percent of ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan, with no tsunami alert issued, the weather agency said Monday.

Newly promoted Onosato said Monday he aims to win the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament as a yokozuna debutant and add ...

The recent arrest of two elementary school teachers in Japan for allegedly taking indecent photos of girls and sharing them with other educators in a private social media group has raised concern abou ...

In Japan, prosecutors are powerful public officials who are meant to protect the public from rapists and other criminals. But what if the chief prosecutor is an accused rapist himself?