A Chinese court’s sentencing of a Japanese man to 3½ years in prison for allegedly engaging in espionage could deal a setback ...

A major U.S. electric power company intends to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as ...

Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated to Kagoshima City and other locations ...

The government has set a goal of increasing the annual number of foreign visitors to 60 million and their consumption to ¥15 ...

NARITA, Chiba – Narita Airport is facing the busiest time of year for live eel imports as it gets closer to the Day of the Ox ...

The National Police Agency announced Thursday its plan to request overseas casino operators and services that lead to online ...

A procession of yamahoko floats was held at the Gion Festival in Kyoto on Thursday, a traditional event that has continued ...

The first sumo tournament featuring two yokozuna in five years lost one of its featured wrestlers after just five days.

The Bayeux Tapestry, the 11th-century artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in the U.K. for the ...

The Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) suspects the second son of Chizuo Matsumoto, the executed founder of the Aum ...

Toilet maker TOTO Ltd. will begin selling on Aug. 1 a toilet equipped with a sensor that measures the color, hardness and ...

The pounding of taiko drums reverberated throughout a hall in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in mid-June as renowned taiko drum ...