A day before a potential government shutdown, the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan ...

A 1-year-old boy has died after choking on a ball of cheese, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan announced on ...

Crown Prince Akishino visited Shizuoka Municipal Nihondaira Zoo in Shizuoka on Thursday as the president of the Japanese ...

Officials from the Japanese Defense Ministry and the Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday conducted an on-site inspection ...

The secretaries-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and the opposition ...

Residents and volunteers on Friday pounded steamed rice in a wooden mortar with a large hammer to make rice cakes at a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S.

Space development led by the private sector is progressing around the world. Japan must make up for its delay in such ...

ONAGAWA, Miyagi — A new bridge to Izushima, an island off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, opened Thursday. The 364-meter Izushima ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun seriously coordinating his schedule for a visit the United States, following U.S.

Yamanashi Prefecture plans to build 13 more evacuation shelters along a downhill route on the prefecture side of Mt. Fuji’s, ...

What on earth was the purpose of a male suspect attacking two junior high school students? The background and motive behind ...