On a humid June morning in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan, hundreds of would-be teachers filed into exam halls to ...

Ukrainian sensation Aonishiki clinched his maiden elite-level championship and virtually guaranteed his promotion to ozeki ...

The population of non-Japanese residents in 10 prefectures has more than doubled over the past decade, data compiled by Kyodo ...

Japan's public broadcaster NHK has begun verifying reception contracts for users of its new online streaming service ...

The reality of human trafficking -- often called modern-day slavery -- in Japan has been revealed. There is an urgent need to ...

A hunters' association in Tomamae, Hokkaido, has captured video of a massive brown bear as it attempted to eat venison bait ...

Japan's national soccer team defeated Bolivia 3-0 in a match at Tokyo's National Stadium on November 18. The team capped off ...

A massive water leak occurred in the northern part of Okinawa on Monday and is expected to cause outages in 17 of 41 ...

A car rammed into pedestrians in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday, with two people showing no vital signs and several others ...

The Tokushima Prefectural Government announced on Nov. 19 that it has returned a painting that turned out to be a forgery and ...

Japan's Nozomi Maruyama made a perfect start to the Olympic season in the women's ski jumping after winning both World ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. has opened its first shop located on a station platform here, allowing takeouts only.