Automatic lanes at more than 80 tollgates on expressways in Tokyo and six other Japanese prefectures were shut down after the ...

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano earns the first win of his major league career after taking a shutout into the ...

A Japanese startup will introduce an all-terrain electric wheelchair in 2026 that allows users to climb and descend stairs, and board trains and buses without assistance, with plans to develop a model ...

Approximately 42,000 bodies went unclaimed in Japan in fiscal 2023 and were subsequently cremated or buried by local ...

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima ...

Undisputed super bantamweight boxing champion Naoya Inoue says he is looking to impress the crowd in Las Vegas when he takes ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's most expansive tariffs to date have already taken the world on a rollercoaster ride, with Japan ...

Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, attends the entrance ceremony ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka that kicks off April 13 to embody "enjoyable Japan ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he is exploring the possibility of a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald ...

The Nikkei stock index tumbles for a second straight day to a new eight-month low amid heightening global fears of an ...

The University of Tokyo said Friday that it will open its first new undergraduate department in about 70 years in September ...