Japanese baseball star Hayato Sakamoto incorrectly claimed some 240 million yen ($1.6 million) in deductions on his tax ...

A missing 16-year-old high school girl from Tokyo who was found dead in a closet in a house in central Japan had sustained ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a "half-cracked" scenario for a predicted megaquake ...

Various manufacturers in Japan took to social media with an April Fools' Day hashtag to showcase their proud comical products ...

It's a cold and drizzly October day, but the atmosphere is warm and lively inside the second-grade classroom at Takasaki ...

Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading ...

State-backed Japanese chip venture Rapidus Corp. began the initial phase of running a pilot manufacturing line for ...

Tokyo stocks were mixed Wednesday morning, weighed down by selling amid uncertainty over planned U.S. reciprocal tariffs, ...

A former Fuji Television Network Inc. employee expressed both relief and frustration in a statement Tuesday after a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is due to announce reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday in an effort to slash his country's global ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China said Tuesday it has launched military drills around Taiwan that serve as a "stern warning and ...

Yuki Yanagita drove in two runs including a solo home run as last season's Pacific League champion SoftBank Hawks w ...