Komeito Chief Representative Tetsuo Saito, during a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday, urged Prime Minister ...

The government and investors have expressed their high hopes for the Yomiuri Stock Index (Yomiuri 333), saying it will expand ...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Ishikawa Prefecture at 5:31 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

KANAZAWA — Complex, a music unit composed of guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei and singer Koji Kikkawa, donated about ¥1 billion to ...

Kang Gyuri knew watching South Korean TV dramas could be harshly punished, but the programs sustained her amid the oppressive ...

People walk under illuminated ginkgo trees with resplendent golden leaves in Showa Kinen Park, which straddles the cities of ...

ROME — Japan, the United States and the Philippines are scheduled to hold the first trilateral maritime consultations on ...

Safety advocates are suing the federal workplace safety regulator in an attempt to reveal more details about three fatalities ...

The first Diet debate to be held after the House of Representatives election in October kicked off Thursday, as the 216th ...

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Oita District Court in southwestern Japan on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man to eight years in prison for driving a car ...

Two people died in a fire that broke out at a lawmaker’s condominium in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, at around 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, ...