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

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 ...

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

Urban Renaissance Agency (UR), an independent administrative corporation managing more than 700,000 rental housing units ...

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

Ukrainian prodigy Aonishiki won an elite championship title on Sunday, the first sumo wrestler from his country to do so, ...

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

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

Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they'd made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant ...

Ukrainian sensation Aonishiki savored his first top-tier championship on Monday a night after claiming the Kyushu Grand Sumo ...

Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon's capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah's chief of staff Hayt ...