A man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling around 2.1 kilograms of sedative-laced vape liquid used to make what has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was ranked the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine on Wednesday ...

Same-sex couples and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit on Japan's ban on same-sex marriage took their case to the Supreme Court ...

The waters near Osezaki, a popular diving spot off Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on the Izu Peninsula, are now decorated with ...

Santa Claus paid an early visit to the Kanagawa Children's Medical Center on Dec. 5, delighting patients, their families and ...

Japan is turning to drones to issue evacuation calls during natural disasters such as tsunamis and torrential rains.

Japanese scientists Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa on Wednesday received Nobel prizes in Stockholm for their respective ...

Joseph Messina (Kobe, Japan) ...

A U.N. intergovernmental committee decided Thursday to add six items submitted by Japan to three categories already inscribed ...

Japan qualified a women's curling team to an eighth straight Winter Olympics on Wednesday after overcoming Norway 6-5 in a ...

Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides ...

Figure skating icon Hazuru Yunyu will host his ice show commemorating the 15th anniversary of the devastating March 11 ...