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 ...

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 ...

Zelenskyy said discussions with the U.S. were to focus on a document detailing plans for Ukraine's postwar reconstruction and ...

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

Tokyo stocks erased earlier gains and ended lower Thursday, as a weaker-than-expected earnings report from U.S. tech giant ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

"Star Wars" producer Gary Kurtz kept the original painting and hung it on his office wall before passing it down to his ...