Akihiro Arimoto, the father of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea in 1983, has died aged 96 without seeing his daughter ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized 2.8 percent in the October-December period of 2024, marking the third straight quarter of ...

A record influx of overseas visitors has descended on the famed Niseko ski resort on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, ...

Japan's private rice imports have already reached a record-high 468 tons in the current fiscal year through March, driven by ...

At least 176 cases of physical assault, sexual harassment and other forms of misconduct were reported in workplaces at fire ...

A record-high 279 people were accused by Japanese police of using online casinos in 2024, more than twice the number a year ...

A Kyodo News survey showed Sunday that 50.1 percent of respondents gave high marks to the first in-person summit between ...

Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi set a new world record in the men's 20-kilometer race walk Sunday as he strode to victory at the ...

Japanese ski jumping star Ryoyu Kobayashi earned his second straight World Cup gold Sunday with another victory on home soil ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday he asked his U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio that Japan be exempt from ...

The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Saturday vowed efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine and reiterated their ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani made further progress toward his return as a two-way player Saturday by throwing his ...