What stood out for Japan was the low level of satisfaction with quality of life. Only 13% of Japanese pollees answered that ...

Kaito Kozono had four RBIs as the Hiroshima Carp racked up their biggest run total so far this season in a 12-3 win against ...

The head of a local geisha supporters' group in this northeastern Japan city has sparked controversy by saying, ...

The Niigata City Board of Education is starting to serve school lunch to every student at all municipal junior high schools ...

The spate of high court rulings in Japan that homosexual individuals being disallowed from having their partnerships legally ...

Lightning struck a school field in Nara on the evening of April 10, sending six students to hospital, including one in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his complaint that the decades-old U.S.-Japan security treaty is ...

An unlucky double-bogey on the 13th spoiled a solid first round for Hideki Matsuyama at the Masters Tournament on Thursday ...

Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday notified its 12 clubs that players can use so-called torpedo bats in regular-season ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived Friday in Osaka Prefecture ahead of this weekend's opening of the 2025 ...

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (Kyodo) -- Japan cruised to a 5-2 opening win over Norway in Group B at the women's ice ...

A spotted seal was born at Marinepia Nihonkai, an aquarium in the city of Niigata, on April 4. The baby seal is a female and ...