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

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

Duty-free sales at department stores across Japan dropped 10.7 percent in March from a year earlier to 44.2 billion yen ($308 ...

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

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

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

Some 35 percent of local government officials in Japan have faced overbearing or abusive behavior from members of the public, ...

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

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s incoming CEO Stephen Dacus has vowed to speed up decision-making at the Japanese retailer group to ...

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

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

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