A new government survey shows that ideas about men's and women's roles are very different across Japan. In some areas, many ...

Venezuela heads into Saturday's World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Japan confident of ending the three-time champi ...

A new twist on matchmaking is coming to Tokyo this spring: dating events where every participant shares the same family name. The idea is aim ...

Wall Street's losses deepened Friday as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting ...

Hidden behind the Sanin mountains, an hour's drive away from Hiroshima, is the humble port town of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture. Facing the great blue S ...

The U.S. military has started moving at least one amphibious assault ship and about 2,500 Marines from Japan to the Middle ...

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A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for attempting to rape an intoxicated woman after forcing ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to consider legalizing the use of birth surnames alone in official ...

Setting aside criticism of preemptive strikes, which violate international law, and placing all responsibility for the ...

The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from ...

East Japan Railway Co. on Saturday raised its fares by an average 7.1 percent, its first hike aimed at boosting revenue since the maj ...