Seven-Eleven Japan Co. plans to strengthen security at its convenience stores as more are being run by a single employee ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Japanese government started a process to compensate victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics ...