A revised ordinance took effect Sunday in Tottori Prefecture, enabling authorities to order the removal of defamatory or ...

As Japan welcomes a growing number of Muslim visitors, a quieter but increasingly visible question is unfolding across ...

Japan boasts some 56,000 convenience stores nationwide, and the three biggest chains -- Seven-Eleven Japan, Lawson and ...

New ozeki Aonishiki won back-to-back championships Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating fourth-ranked ...

Thousands of flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc ...

Fans gathered at a Tokyo zoo on Sunday to bid farewell to the last two giant pandas in the country, long a symbol of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Sunday she aims to begin implementing a two-year suspension of the 8 percent consumption ...

Bayern Munich defender Hiroki Ito netted his first goal of the German Bundesliga football season Saturday in a shock 2-1 los ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she has not heard directly from the United States that Japan's defense spending ...

Opposition lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi said Saturday he will launch a new party ahead of the general election next month, ...

The U.S. Defense Department said Saturday its top policymaker will visit Japan and South Korea to advance President Donald ...

As a prefecture all but surrounded by the sea, Chiba is a dream destination for fishing enthusiasts, and the city of Ichihara ...