Onosato suffered his first defeat as a yokozuna while his fellow grand champion Hoshoryu fell to a third straight defeat as a ...

Japan may be a target of disinformation by foreign actors to disrupt its elections, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as ...

Japan saw a record 21.5 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2025, government data showed Wednesday, with travel ...

A turbulent political landscape expected after the July 20 House of Councillors election could prolong the Bank of Japan's ...

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday the company is developing "the world's first" artificial ...

The government discarded COVID-19 oral medicines believed to be worth around 240 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in the fiscal ...

Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-2 with a single and a run scored in his fifth All-Star appearance Tuesday as the National League ...

A male host at a host club in central Japan has been arrested for allegedly threatening a female customer to make her pay her ...

A Japanese group offering support and counseling for people sexually exploited online has had some 67,000 explicit images and ...

A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in ...

Can Japan's aging communities live safely alongside bears?

KYODO NEWS- Jul 16, 2025 - 09:00All,Japan,World People carry a decorated float in Kushida Shrine in the southwestern Japan ...