A small island in Hakata Bay in southwest Japan has opened a convenience store, becoming the first of 10 inhabited islands in ...

Close to 60% of cases of abuse targeting elderly people that were confirmed by local governments across Japan in fiscal 2023 ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Bandai Co.'s digital pet Tamagotchi, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026, is experiencing a new wave of ...

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to ...

The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies -- a big optics ...

A fire broke out on a fireworks launch barge during a festival in Yokohama near Tokyo on Monday night, prompting spectators ...

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for ...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Monday that his country is ready to cooperate with Japan in the field of drone ...

A Japanese publisher apologized Monday for running a column in its weekly magazine last month that was criticized as ...

A record 120 countries and regions, along with the European Union, plan to attend the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary ...

A dog owner whose pet died in a fire at a veterinary hospital in Tokyo filed a lawsuit Aug. 4 demanding 3 million yen (about ...