Lightning struck a school field in Nara on the evening of April 10, sending six students to hospital, including one in ...

What stood out for Japan was the low level of satisfaction with quality of life. Only 13% of Japanese pollees answered that ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold one-on-one debates with opposition leaders from 3 p.m. on April 23 at the parliament, ...

A fossilized tooth of a cartilaginous fish found in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido in 2013 is of a newly discovered ...

The history of the former Soma family residence -- a manor built in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1908 that was the private ...

With the World Exposition in Osaka to be held on an artificial island, concerns have risen over the possibility of visitors ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his complaint that the decades-old U.S.-Japan security treaty is ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya plans to deliver a speech at a preparatory session for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation ...

The top executive of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, said Thursday that U.S. President Donald ...

The Nikkei stock index tumbled over 5 percent early Friday after Wall Street plunged overnight on concern about a widening ...

Sunset over Lake Shinji is seen through the branches of blooming cherry trees at Shirakata Park in the western Japan city of ...

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (Kyodo) -- Japan cruised to a 5-2 opening win over Norway in Group B at the women's ice ...