The Nagasaki Lantern Festival, a dazzling winter tradition here, began on Jan. 29, illuminating this southwest Japan city ...

The United States' decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) can only be described as a reckless act that ...

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New yokozuna Hoshoryu took part in a traditional "tsuna-uchi" rope-making ceremony Thursday at his Tatsunami ...

Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, the third such re ...

A Tokyo court on Thursday fined major advertising firm Dentsu Group Inc. 300 million yen ($1.94 million), the amount sought ...

The Osaka High Court on Jan. 30 revoked the national government's decision to withhold administrative documents submitted to ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday aft ...

At least 171 high schools in eastern Japan's Kanto region, including the capital, are revising their regulations, with ...

A London court on Wednesday gave the green light to the extradition of two British men wanted by Japanese authorities in ...

The Japanese government has pulled all four advertisements it has recently run on Fuji Television Network Inc., a major ...

Osaka Metropolitan University apologized Jan. 28 for inappropriate action after a male teacher who was serving as a proctor ...