Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday it will launch its official YouTube channel next month to showcase the ...

Education minister Toshiko Abe has apologized for telling a Japanese Communist Party member during a committee meeting that ...

Tokyo Olympic race walking silver medalist Koki Ikeda lodged an appeal Friday to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his ...

Students from across Japan convened here March 26 to present a list of over 20,000 signatures imploring Japan to sign and ...

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. are set to begin merger talks to create Japan's largest ...

Multiple examinees who took a Japanese language test for non-native speakers in December submitted papers deemed ungradable, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 25% additional tariff on all imported automobiles -- a hardline protectionist ...

A closing ceremony was held on March 24 at Ryugasaki Municipal Omiya Elementary School in Ibaraki Prefecture, which will ...

A 48-year-old woman in Fukuoka Prefecture was arrested March 27 for allegedly stealing some 160 items including sugar placed ...

The Tokyo District Court has ordered a local Chinese restaurant to pay some 70 million yen (about $464,000) in compensation ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a federal election for May 3, seeking to become the first prime ...

Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara clinched gold Thursday at the world championships in Boston, ...