A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 ...

A commercial airplane operated by a low-cost carrier caught fire while preparing for takeoff at an international airport in ...

A group of scientists on moves the hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest ever to ...

The Japan Sumo Association officially approves Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the bolstering of the country's nuclear forces this year during a tour of a ...

Japan is set to implement a policy enabling the government to instruct farmers to submit production increase plans if ...

Tokyo stocks were mixed on the morning of Jan. 28, as technology shares tracked declines in their U.S. counterparts after a ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. is expected to discuss whether President Koichi Minato should step down following allegations ...

Former Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer will rejoin the DeNA BayStars for the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball season, ...

Mongolian ozeki Hoshoyru earned his second Emperor's Cup and promotion to yokozuna Sunday by winning the New Year Grand Sumo ...

The Japan Sumo Association's judges division will hold an extraordinary meeting Sunday, before the final day's action at the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone call that the new Donald Trump ...