As Japan is experiencing extreme heat, a spate of water accidents has been reported across the country, and many foreigners ...

A couple who allegedly left their three young children unattended at their home here for more than six hours were arrested ...

Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. is this August releasing a home-use toilet which measures the amount, hardness and other ...

A Japanese court on Thursday ordered a local government to pay a former assistant nurse about 31 million yen ($209,000) in ...

Political parties in Japan have long faced criticism for fielding celebrity candidates in House of Councillors elections, ...

Onosato got back on the winning track Thursday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament after Hoshoryu's injury withdrawal left ...

A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. who was detained in Beijing and charged with spying has been sentenced to 3 1/2 ...

The Hiroshima Municipal Government on July 16 opened to the media the vault at the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound containing the ...

Struggling yokozuna Hoshoryu on Thursday pulled out from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, where he had slumped to a 1-3 ...

Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday, as heavyweight chip shares trimmed earlier losses after robust earnings from Taiwan ...

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