A man died after being stabbed near the neck at a law firm located in the Sunshine 60 building in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro ...

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee ...

Two women have been thanked by the Tokyo Fire Department for their quick actions to save a teenage passenger who went into ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that Japan is not importing enough American rice, expressing further ...

Tokyo stocks snapped a five-day winning streak Tuesday as investors locked in gains, while concerns grew over prospects of ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday began requiring rental go-kart service operators to register with it when they set up ...

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it -- ...

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday two Self-Defense Forces airplanes ready for possible evacuations of Japanese ...

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Japan's four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka survived a challenging first-round encounter with Australian qualifier Talia ...

Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for the first time in two quarters, as their profits ...

An international multi-religious organization on Monday vowed to promote peacebuilding efforts through dialogue among ...