Japan has requested that Denmark extradite the founder of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society after he ...

Tokyo's stock market plummeted to a six-month low on Aug. 2, with the Nikkei 225 index closing at 35,909.70, down 2,216.63 ...

OMA, Aomori Prefecture--A distinct Taiwanese flavor permeates the colorful Aomori Nebuta Festival this year. For the first ...

HIROSHIMA—Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui unveiled on Aug. 1 the outline of the peace declaration he will give at the annual ...

On the third day of the Paris Olympics, Indonesian judoka Maryam Maharani, 24, executed a clean throw against her Mozambican ...

Stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip ...

Lawyer Miki Yoshida knows all about “toxic parents,” having been raised in a controlling environment herself. She is one of a ...

By day, they are considered gray symbols of industry and pollution. But at night, they are transformed into illuminated ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said he believes the BOJ's decision on July 31 to hike interest rates to around 0.25 ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke to reporters behind bulletproof panels during an outdoor address in Mie Prefecture as part ...

A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has ...

NAKADOMARI, Aomori Prefecture—Conquering the Tsugaru Strait between the main island of Honshu and Hokkaido is one of the open ...