In the women’s event, three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto led a Japanese sweep of the podium with an electrifying ...

Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...

An entire city in western Japan has conducted a disaster drill to prepare for a mega quake predicted to occur along the ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency has held a news conference after issuing the maximum level-5 heavy rain emergency warning for ...

Wealthy overseas tourists have been visiting depopulated parts of rural Japan in increasing numbers to savor unique culinary ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has told members of the Self-Defense Forces that he will work to fundamentally ...

"His company killed him," his wife said. The month before his death, he officially logged 135 hours of overtime - and even ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory. Putin spoke at a ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Wednesday that as nuclear deterrence is needed given the current international ...

Japan's top government spokesperson has expressed serious concern over the information that North Korea is dispatching ...

A dead whale shark has been discovered in a river in western Japan. It was later confirmed that the fish had been kept in an ...

A survey by NHK has revealed that nearly 60 percent of municipalities in Japan do not have any facilities for delivering babies amid declining births and a doctor shortage.