Amid rising risks of nuclear weapons use around the world, a coalition made up of public and private sector peace groups in ...

U.S. preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off shortly after the clock struck midnight Thursday. But chaos soon ensued ...

TOKYO -- Three artifacts described as "dogu" earthenware figurines from Japan's ancient Jomon period were removed from the ...

Japanese welterweight boxer Jin Sasaki will get his first shot at a world title when he challenges WBO champion Brian Norman ...

April 25 marks 20 years since a morning rush hour train derailed on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in western Japan, killing 106 ...

Duty-free sales at department stores across Japan dropped 10.7 percent in March from a year earlier to 44.2 billion yen ($308 ...

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s incoming CEO Stephen Dacus has vowed to speed up decision-making at the Japanese retailer group to ...

Some 35 percent of local government officials in Japan have faced overbearing or abusive behavior from members of the public, ...

A Japanese court on Friday ordered the Japanese unit of online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. to pay 35 million yen ($244,000) ...

Japan's major opposition party said Friday it wants the consumption tax rate on food items to be scrapped for a year, ahead ...

The Japan Rugby Football Union has demanded the immediate reinstatement of its Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi to the Asia Rugby ...

All four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, are set to be returned to China, ...