Online defamation, excessive criticism and sexual harassment of athletes through photos and videos have become a serious ...

The Yamato Museum, a municipal maritime history museum in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, reopened on Thursday following extensive renovations.

Japan’s Nikkei share average closed higher on Tuesday as optimism grew from reports that Tehran is considering attending ...

Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hope that Japan will serve as a bridge between states with nuclear weapons and those without, in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo on April ...

Following the revocation of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s flight permits by three island countries in the Indian Ocean, ...

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered the U.S. operator of web meeting service provider Zoom and another company to pay ...

Three Japanese megabanks are considering loaning a total of about ¥3.6 trillion for the inaugural projects of the $550 ...

Strong concerns over a possible leak overseas of technology that can be used to produce defense equipment have prompted the government to issue a recommendation to halt the foreign acquisition of a ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. released footage on Thursday from inside the No. 2 reactor pressure vessel at its ...

Twenty-nine new infections were confirmed in a measles outbreak at an elementary school in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, the Tokyo metropolitan government said on Friday.

Two forest fires have continued to burn for a third day on Friday in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, with about 1,176 hectares ...

Japan’s Nikkei set a closing record high on Friday, capping a third consecutive weekly gain, as enthusiasm over technology ...