Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is shedding momentum going into the Oct. 27 general election and may lose its ...

The Asian Development Bank has closed the nomination period for its next president, with Japan's former top currency diplomat ...

Japan's 2023 Rugby World Cup captain, Kazuki Himeno, will return to the national team for the first time in a year after ...

Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers are moving to western Russia near the Ukrainian border after completing training, a ...

The Japanese government said Thursday it will transfer 16 crested ibises born northwest of Tokyo to China, the birthplace of ...

Japan's Moyuka Uchijima went down to Paris Olympics gold medalist Zheng Qinwen of China 7-5, 6-0 in the second round of the ...

The Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles won the right to negotiate with college shortstop Rui Muneyama, the most sought-after ...

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo will stay at the helm next season, he said Thursday, the day of the Nippon ...

More than 30,000 people in Japan died of COVID-19 in the first year after most coronavirus-related guidelines were lifted in ...

Pope Francis gave an audience Wednesday to a delegation of four Japanese junior high school students from Nagasaki Prefecture ...

Some 468.5 billion yen (about $3.1 billion) of the 1.44 trillion yen (approx. $9.45 billion) in interest-free loans extended ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Construction of a life-sized Gundam robot statue from the popular Japanese sci-fi anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" ...