Japan has unveiled a new passport design, set to become available next spring, featuring a plastic photo page with an ...

The Saitama Wild Knights kick off their Japan Rugby League One season in convincing fashion, beating Tokyo Sungoliath 33-12 ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force will gradually resume operations of its 17 U.S.-made V-22 Ospreys after they were suspended ...

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. will consider launching a manufacturing partnership in which they will build vehicles at ...

Beijing Olympics men's silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama and three-time defending women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto win short ...

Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano claims men's halfpipe gold and his 15-year-old compatriot Sara Shimizu wins the women's title ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's unexpectedly dovish position on interest rate hikes expressed at a recent press ...

Taiwan's electronics giant Foxconn is in talks with Renault SA, the largest shareholder of Nissan Motor Co., to acquire the ...

A Japanese sake brewery will attempt to make the world's first outer space sake, creating just one bottle and donating the ...

The ruling coalition losing its majority in Japan's House of Representatives election has been selected as the top domestic ...

Japan's ruling parties are set to approve on Friday tax reform plans for the next fiscal year starting April aimed at funding ...

Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential elections has been selected by senior editors of Kyodo News and its member or ...