Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies acro ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 4.4 percent from a year earlier to 3.4 million, a record for the month, ...

TOKYO -- As part of its heatstroke prevention efforts, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched the "Tokyo heat map" in ...

Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Hama-sushi Co. announced on Aug. 19 that a 3-year-old girl developed symptoms including a ...

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has handed the then Machida Police Station chief the most severe reprimand over ...

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in the upcoming gubernatorial race, calling ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler agreed Tuesday to begin discussions on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump recently met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and proposed a solution for the war ...

TICAD is a Japan-hosted international aid conference that dates back to 1993 and was last held in Tunisia in 2022. China has ...

A 93-year-old man in northeastern Japan was allegedly killed by his son, not a bear as initially believed, police said.

The traditional "Ubagami Daijingu Togyosai" event, considered the oldest festival in Hokkaido, was held in the town of Esashi ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will make a two-day visit to Japan from Sept. 7, according to her government, with her ...