Advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc. has been fined 300 million yen ($1.94 million) after being found guilty of violating the ...

An icy winter has transformed the tall trees of the Zao mountain range into wonderous snow sculptures, known as “juhyo,” or ...

NAGASAKI--Around 15,000 colorful lanterns have bathed the city of Nagasaki in dazzling color and light as the 30th Nagasaki ...

The iconic Doctor Yellow, a brightly colored train that has patrolled the Shinkansen tracks for 24 years, arrived at Tokyo ...

The first meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new U.S. President Donald Trump is being planned for Feb. 7 in ...

Iwao Hakamata, a former boxer who was acquitted of murder charges after spending decades on death row, is seeking about 217 ...

OSAKA—The Osaka High Court on Jan. 30 overturned a ruling by the Osaka District Court not to disclose documents related to the falsification of official records concerning the sale of state-owned land ...

The government will ensure that Japan's voluntary contributions no longer fund a U.N. committee dedicated to battling ...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a ...

Workers on Jan. 29 began driving sand piles to shore up the soft seabed on the north side of Henoko in Nago, Okinawa ...