Tuesday marks three years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in western Japan while campaigning, with the ...

NARA, Japan - Tuesday marks three years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot while delivering an election ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was shelled for five runs, three earned, over 2/3 inning for his shortest start in Major League Baseball ...

Gripped by summit fever, many Mt. Fuji climbers head straight to the mountain’s 5th stations to pick up trails to the top, ...

Whooping cough continued its surge in Japan, reaching a new weekly record of 3,353 cases, the highest since the current survey method was employed in 2018, a national health research institute said Tu ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday to set up a new command center within the Cabinet Secretariat early next week ...

Veteran komusubi Takayasu showed his evergreen form Monday as he geared up for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Tuesday paid their respects to Japanese nationals who died in internment camps ...

Japan will launch a panel of experts to study tougher penalties for defamation, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Tuesday, amid growing awareness of personal abuse online directed at celebrities an ...

Japan is lagging behind in the use of generative artificial intelligence, with only 26.7 percent of individuals saying they had used such tools in fiscal 2024, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesd ...

BREAKING NEWS: No tsunami warning after strong quake hits southwest Japan islands. Jul 03, 2025 KYODO NEWS. Earthquake alert ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on Japan ...