An initiative to provide free breakfast to elementary school students twice a week before classes in this west Japan city has ...

Some 20,000 rounds of fireworks illuminated the evening skies during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival on July 26, ...

Nearly half of people in Japan expect little from Sanseito, the populist party that made significant gains in the latest ...

Vissel Kobe said Tuesday former Spain star midfielder Andres Iniesta will miss this weekend's charity match in Kobe, western ...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which had taken a conciliatory approach to Russia regarding its invasion ...

The Tokyo District Court on July 28 ordered a man to pay some 76 million yen (approx. $512,000) in compensation to a singer ...

A brown bear was filmed attacking a male Yezo deer with impressive antlers on a national road in Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula on ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Tuesday to hold a plenary meeting of its parliamentary members soon, as Prime ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine over seven strong innings and Shohei Ohtani drove in two runs for the Los Angeles Dodge ...

Liverpool players including Japan captain Wataru Endo went through their paces Tuesday ahead of their friendly against ...

Almost a year's worth of rain caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power ...

The government on Tuesday warned of downside risks to the Japanese economy stemming from U.S. tariffs in its first monthly ...