A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western ...

Japan plans to revise its duty-free rules for foreign visitors from the latter half of fiscal 2026, sources close to the ...

A chief public prosecutor in central Japan apologizes in person to an 88-year-old man who was acquitted in a retrial over a ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agree to work toward abolishing policy activity funds, which are not subject to ...

A man serving a life term for murdering an elementary schoolgirl was served a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly killing ...

While no goals in 12 games was not the tally 57-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura was hoping for, fan attendance since his summer ...

The Group of Seven foreign ministers criticize "in the strongest possible terms" the deepening military collaboration between ...

An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames Tuesday during a combustion test at a ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off Ishikawa and other central Japan prefectures Tuesday, the ...

A Japanese parent bereaved by the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Tuesday called for support for families of air ...

For years, Ichiro Suzuki has been making the trek to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, where ...

Taiwan pro baseball's 2024 MVP, Gu Lin Ruei-yang, said Tuesday he hopes to lead by example by taking his talents to new ...