Okinawa Prefecture says that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressed hope for "a good start" to Sino-U.S. relations ...

Hard-throwing Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he said in an Instagram ...

Japan's space agency signs an agreement with Kumamoto Prefecture to realize the practical application of a program that can ...

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka retires from her Australian Open third-round match with an abdominal injury after losing the ...

Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma tied with former Leicester forward Shinji Okazaki for most goals scored by a Japanese player in ...

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were halted due to a fire that broke out near a track in central Japan, ...

The president of Fuji Television Network Inc. apologizes over allegations it was involved in a sexual misconduct scandal ...

Lone yokozuna Terunofuji announced his retirement as the 10-time winner of the elite makuuchi division drew the curtain on a ...

As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a ...

Joint overnight leader Oho reels off another high-caliber victory after the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was rocked by news ...