Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is wearing a sticker of a Japanese flag on the back of his helmet to honor ...

Countries backing the International Criminal Court (ICC), including Japan, blasted and called for the immediate withdrawal of ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is developing an AI-powered robot dog designed to help elderly people live independently at ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido—Ageless jockey Yutaka Take cemented his legacy on July 12, guiding the favorite Himino Etoile to victory at Hakodate Racecourse in Hokkaido to claim his 5,000th career win. The ...

A strong earthquake struck Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, around 10:30 p.m. on June 26, with its epicenter in the area north of Mount Fuji. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake, with an ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration gave senior vice minister or parliamentary secretary posts to seven lawmakers implicated in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fund-raising scandal, ...

NAGOYA, Japan—Japan’s Mone Chiba emerged as the surprise leader in the women’s short program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final after several favorites stumbled on Friday. Three-time world ...

KOBE—Roxana Oshiro recalls the nerve-racking time when she crawled out of her broken wooden apartment during the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and entered a world of confusion. Unable to speak ...

SEOUL—North Korea accused the United States on Wednesday of expanding a “nuclear submarine alliance” that it said was undermining ‌global nuclear security, as the ⁠fifth anniversary of ⁠its AUKUS ...

Japan’s trade deficit totaled 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) last month as surging oil prices due to the conflicts in the Middle East sent the cost of imports soaring. It was the fourth straight month ...

The Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union, a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, is arranging for its young members to visit China in September to explore ways to restore bilateral ...

Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...