Amid rising risks of nuclear weapons use around the world, a coalition made up of public and private sector peace groups in ...

All four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are set to be returned to China, ...

Survivors and families of victims of a 2005 West Japan Railway Co. train derailment offered prayers at an event marking the ...

Japan's Supreme Court on April 23 upheld two lower court rulings that ordered the city of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, to ...

April 25 marks 20 years since a morning rush hour train derailed on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in western Japan, killing 106 ...

U.S. preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off shortly after the clock struck midnight Thursday. But chaos soon ensued ...

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief representative in tariff negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, ...

The Japan Rugby Football Union has demanded the immediate reinstatement of its Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi to the Asia Rugby ...

TOKYO -- Three artifacts described as "dogu" earthenware figurines from Japan's ancient Jomon period were removed from the ...

Somei Yoshino cherry trees bloomed on April 20 at Matsumae Park in the town of Matsumae, located in the southernmost part of ...

The Nikkei stock index rose for the third straight day to end up nearly 2 percent Friday, lifted by hopes of easing trade ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell to a record low in fiscal 2023 for the second straight year on the back of reduced ...