Athletes competing in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games began arriving in Japan in greater numbers on September 6, with ...

Rail operators are warning of widespread disruptions through the morning of September 7 as heavy rain threatens Shinkansen ...

Police are investigating whether one of 11 people gathered at a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, was involved in a fire ...

TOKYO - Tokyo has unveiled the design for a major redevelopment of the plaza outside Shinjuku Station's west exit, with a ...

VENICE - Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's film Nelson, Did You Kill Anyone?, which is competing for the Golden Lion at ...

Western and eastern Japan face a prolonged risk of heavy rain into next week as Typhoon No. 24, a tropical depression and the ...

Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 20 on September 6, as he continues to ...

Japanese customs authorities blocked a record 19,568 shipments suspected of infringing intellectual property rights in the ...

The autumn red snow crab season has opened on the Sea of Japan coast, with the first auction at Kasumi Fishing Port in Kami, ...

Young people recruited into illegal "dark part-time jobs" through social media and friends are increasingly becoming involved ...

Applications for hotel business licenses are rising sharply in Osaka as property owners seek an alternative way to operate ...