Japan's parliament on Friday passed ruling bloc-sponsored legislation to create a "second capital" as a backup for Tokyo in ...

Photo shows sliding door paintings by Kano Sogen Shigenobu portraying birds and flowers of fall and winter at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum on July 24, 2026. (No trimming allowed to show paintings ...

Japan has been establishing dialogue frameworks for artificial intelligence with like-minded countries and Global South ...

IG Arena, the venue for sumo's ongoing grand tournament in Nagoya, has attracted around 1 million visitors since its opening a year ago, with its operator hopeful of doubling the annual figure in the ...

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

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 ...

The average life expectancy for Japanese women and men in 2025 increased compared with the previous year as the mortality ...

International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during an interview at the organization's headquarters in London on July 23, 2026. (Kyodo) LONDON - The head of the ...

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

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 ...