KANAZAWA, Japan - A man who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was acquitted Friday in a retrial, with a Japanese high court dismissing the credibility of ...

Among the many slogans used by politicians to rally support ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, "Do not underestimate ...

Over 80 percent of email scams with identifiable senders targeted Japanese recipients in May, as advances in generative ...

An outdoor museum of vending machines in northeastern Japan that opened in March is seeking to showcase the country's cultural phenomenon and attract visitors from overseas.

Nepal will open its pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka on Saturday, becoming the last participant to do so more than ...

Japan's disbanding women's badminton doubles pair Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama, the Paris Olympics bronze medalists, ...

The Japan Football Association is considering bidding to host the 2046 World Cup men's tournament, sources familiar with the ...

Former ozeki Mitakeumi took an unexpected outright lead Friday with his sixth straight win at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament where yokozuna debutant Onosato and six other wrestlers sit a win behind.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday, with all eyes on possible discussions about a wide-ranging 25 percent U.S. tariff to be imposed on Japan in ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder that causes a ...

Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial on Friday to honor the 36 victims of the 2019 arson attack, with families renewing the ...

With the second season of "Kaiju No. 8" anime on the horizon, Masaya Fukunishi (voice of Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8), Nazeeh ...