Hirotaka Kuriyama / The Yomiuri ShimbunDefense Minister Gen Nakatani, right, shakes hands with Australian Defense Minister ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled his intention to set up a council of relevant Cabinet ministers tasked with discussing ...

The voyage was part of a memorial and goodwill program launched in 1991 by the Nippon Izokukai (Japan War-Bereaved Families ...

“You’ve got about 4.8 million people on Medicaid right now nationwide who are able-bodied workers, young men, for example, ...

‘Mizu uchiwa,’ or translucent paper fans, are in peak production for summer season in Gifu Prefecture.

KDDI Corp. plans to conduct a trial demonstration operating drones through direct communication with Space Exploration ...

Former yokozuna professional sumo grand champion Hakuho, now stablemaster Miyagino, will retire from the Japan Sumo ...

The summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, which has a 1,300-year history, started on the Kiso River in Inuyama, ...

The government plans to encourage people to register their favorite municipalities outside of where they live under a new ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Monday, dragged lower by worries over trade tensions between the U.S. and China, and a ...

A 59-year-old man was arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly secretly recording videos of a woman’s underwear at Nara ...

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said the Israeli government’s refusal to allow a delegation ...