The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

Four women have been arrested for allegedly soliciting customers for prostitution in the Kabukicho entertainment district in ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation has become unavoidable. The ruling coalition has now suffered crushing defeats in ...

Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes said Friday that listening to atomic bomb survivors' testimonies was ...

Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a mass ...

Eight individuals who are the children of followers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly the ...

As Japan continues to see sweltering summer heat across the country, juvenile Japanese macaques in southwest Japan's Oita ...

A 4-year-old female polar bear named "Ho-chan" received a big ice block with her favorite apples inside on July 19 at Tennoji ...

Joint overnight leader Kotoshoho stunned yokozuna Onosato at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday to remain tied for ...

A power bank that caught fire and caused suspensions on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line on the weekend was found to be a ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday as investors locked in gains after the Nikkei index surged more than 2,000 points over the past two ...

Japan's weather agency said Friday that a malfunction in the ocean-floor observation system off the Pacific coast, installed ...