Prosecutors on Friday issued a summary indictment against a ruling party staff member in charge of accounting for the party ...

Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in ...

Joint overnight leader Oho reeled off another high-caliber victory Friday after the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was rocked ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Friday that he plans to visit Washington next week to attend the ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji's retirement on Friday left sumo with no active grand champion for the first time in about 32 years, ...

The president of Fuji Television Network Inc. apologized Friday over allegations it was involved in a sexual misconduct ...

The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to pay 400,000 yen (approx. $2,600) in compensation to a ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central ...

The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...

For a long time, Mustafa has been living in Japan on "provisional release," and he currently works at demolition sites. He ...