Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some ...

Marking 80 years since the Tokyo air raids of World War II claimed approximately 100,000 lives, people gathered from the ...

About 60% of online casino users in Japan admit having a gambling addiction, with more than 40% have been in debt, according ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba distributed gift certificates worth 100,000 yen (about $670) each to 15 first-term ...

A falling machine gun fatally struck a safety officer during rope descent training at Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Camp ...

TOKYO -- A Japan-U.S. research team on March 10 offered a mathematical proof that "Dudeney's dissection," a challenge to cut ...

The leader of a Japanese political group, Takashi Tachibana, was slashed and attacked by a man on Friday while in Tokyo's ...

There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global ...

Olympic 1,000-meter champion Miho Takagi led Japan to women's team pursuit silver Friday at the speed skating world champions ...

The local Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been found to have listed corporate ...

Japanese firms agreed to wage increases averaging 5.46 percent in this year's negotiations with labor unions, the Japanese ...

Yokozuna Hoshoryu improved to 5-2 at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with a convincing win against No. 3 maegashira ...