A Chinese national was arrested here on Nov. 12 for allegedly operating an unlicensed taxi business with Chinese tourists as ...

Shohei Tsuiki walked in front of diplomats from 25 countries including Pakistan and Iraq plus United Nations officials at the ...

My Little Pony finally made it to the winner's circle. After years as an also-ran, the pastel-colored ponies were enshrined ...

Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo ...

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has unveiled a new facility in eastern Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture to ...

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government speaks to members of the media at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, on ...

Defending champion Japan beat Australia 9-3 in their Group B opening game of the Premier12 baseball tournament Wednesday.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing m ...

The city of Osaka will introduce a city-wide street smoking ban on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of the World Expo scheduled to kick ...

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces said Wednesday that a joint drill with the United States and South Korea has begun in the ...

TOKYO -- There is one term I inevitably hear when interviewing families of asylum seekers in Japan: "karihomen," or "temporary release." Temporary release allows individuals who have been ordered ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is considering offering one-time support payments of 30,000 yen ($194) to low-income households exempt from resident tax as part of a stimulus package for Japan's ...