A woman sprinkles water on a street in Mino in Gifu Prefecture on July 24, 2026, as the mercury reaches 40.2 C in the central ...

NAGOYA - Sekiwake Aonishiki reclaimed sole possession of the lead at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, but the ...

Efforts to preserve buildings damaged by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and open them to the public are gaining traction ...

A man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of blasting loud radio and guitar noise at his house in Kyoto for more than seven ...

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved the launch of a new National Intelligence Bureau on July 31 and the appointment of its ...

Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki moved into the outright lead Friday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament after an outstanding ...

New signing Rintaro Sasaki said Thursday there will be "hard work" ahead if he is to reach the majors with the Miami Marlins, ...

A Japanese project to secure critical minerals from deep waters off Minamitori Island in the Pacific has identified multiple ...

With two of its key oil export routes - the Hormuz and Bab el- Mandeb straits - disrupted by Iran and Iran-allied Houthi ...

Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto said Friday the immediate target of winning the Asian Cup was behind ...

NAGOYA - Sekiwake Aonishiki's sole possession of the lead lasted just one day as the Ukrainian suffered a defeat on Thursday ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has transformed drones into defining weapons of modern warfare, prompting Japan to rethink defense ...