Amid the seemingly endless increase in prices, people in Japan may be feeling the pinch especially during January due to ...

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

Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles ...

In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man from Iwate Prefecture has been serving warm coffee to people ...

Japan is likely to miss the fiscal discipline target it had aimed to achieve in the next fiscal year starting in April due ...

The Bank of Japan is considering raising its key rate at a two-day policy meeting next week, provided U.S. President-elect Donald Tru ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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