Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was released from custody on Wednesday, her office said on her official website, after being ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in March rose 13.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.5 million for the month, ...

The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on Wednesday marked the ninth anniversary of a deadly earthquake, the more ...

The Japanese government aims to have U.S. President Donald Trump walk back hefty tariffs in negotiations set to be launched ...

Japan is considering creating a new tax exemption program aimed at elderly investors that would exclusively allow them to ...

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama plans to try a difficult quadruple flip for the first time in his short program when he ...

Some 60 percent of the tickets for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics next year have already been sold, the organizing ...

Senior members of Japan's ruling parties agree to consider reinstating subsidies to reduce summer electricity and gas bills, ...

Three men and a woman have been arrested for allegedly selling via online auctions explicit posters featuring images of women ...

Japanese national basketball team standout Yuki Kawamura wraps up his NBA rookie season with 12 points, five assists and five ...

A Japanese hospital says it has completed a clinical test to transplant induced pluripotent stem cells that produce insulin ...

Shohei Ohtani slugs his fifth home run in a 3-for-5 outing as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3.