Japan's top government spokesman said a dose of cold medicine was to blame for causing a slightly ill Prime Minister Shigeru ...

China is expected to conduct a sampling of treated radioactive water on the premises of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power ...

Shohei Ohtani was named among the finalists for the National League MVP Award on Monday following a historic season in which ...

Japan posted a record 15.82 trillion yen ($103 billion) current account surplus in the first half of fiscal 2024, boosted by ...

The trade ministry has lifted a restriction on a transgender employee's use of workplace restrooms, a government source says, ...

Police says they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found graffitied on two spots of a ...

Unlike other Japanese clubs who have reaped large transfer-fee windfalls from posting big-name stars to Major League Baseball ...

Shigeru Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is suspected of having fallen asleep during a plenary ...

New ozeki Onosato gives a dominant performance at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament as he overpowered rank-and-file opponent ...

Shigeru Ishiba is formally reelected as Japan's prime minister after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the small but influential opposition Democratic Party for the People, admits to an extramarital ...

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper that caught fire in waters off the country's southwestern coast capsized ...