The Japanese government on March 18 handed over rice from its national reserve for sale on the open market -- the first batch ...

Facing a widening backlash over his office's distribution of gift vouchers to rookie Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers ...

The office of former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida handed out gift vouchers to parliamentary vice ministers during his ...

No. 4 maegashira Takayasu fell to komusubi Kirishima to relinquish his outright lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on ...

The Israeli military has resumed major airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. These inhumane attacks came amid stalled talks over ...

TOKYO -- Influenced by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's phenomenal success, "baseball player" has reclaimed the ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) revealed on March 18 that a driver had been caught using a smartphone while operating a ...

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a differen ...

OITA -- Oita Airport will be temporarily renamed "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" during the World Expo in Osaka Prefecture, which ...

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening.

Expectations are growing for the Japanese market to be a driving force for Major League Baseball's global growth strategy.

Fishing for shinko, which are baby ikanago sand eels, began in the Harima-nada Sea in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12. Shinko, ...