Shirai lost her husband to a heart attack in 2022. As a single mother living in Tokyo, she has been busy raising her children ...

A research team led by a Nagoya University professor has announced it has discovered a mechanism that prevents mosquitoes ...

Japanese narcotics agents said Wednesday they have seized 1.046 tons of cannabis worth about 5.2 billion yen ($35 million) on ...

U.S. stocks ticked higher on Wednesday after a rally spurred by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates wrapped around the world.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Ibaraki Prefecture northeast of Tokyo early Thursday morning, ...

This Aug. 12 marked 40 years since a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed in Gunma Prefecture in the eastern part of the country.

A dining terrace over a river at a restaurant here collapsed Aug. 12, causing six people to fall into the stream.

Former WBC minimumweight champion Yudai Shigeoka announced his retirement Wednesday to offer his support to his younger ...

Daichi Ishii tied a Nippon Professional Baseball record of pitching 39 consecutive shutout innings as the Central ...

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura was found guilty of a charge of indecent assault on a female interpreter in a Hong Kong ...

Shohei Ohtani lined into a triple play in the sixth inning and hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth, but the Los Angeles ...