A man died after being stabbed near the neck at a law firm located in the Sunshine 60 building in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro ...

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

Two women have been thanked by the Tokyo Fire Department for their quick actions to save a teenage passenger who went into ...

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

The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...

Tokyo stocks snapped a five-day winning streak Tuesday as investors locked in gains, while concerns grew over prospects of ...

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

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it -- ...

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday two Self-Defense Forces airplanes ready for possible evacuations of Japanese ...

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Japan's four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka survived a challenging first-round encounter with Australian qualifier Talia ...

Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for the first time in two quarters, as their profits ...