The main funeral ceremony for Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor ...

An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket went up in flames Tuesday during a combustion test at a ...

A 92-year-old man in Japan who was placed under the care of a guardian due to what was considered dementia waged a legal ...

A 69-year-old man was seriously injured after being bitten by a wild boar at a park in Gunma Prefecture on Nov. 25.

A 93-year-old former top bureaucrat who was serving a sentence for a high-profile 2019 Tokyo car accident that left two ...

A man arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 25 was quoted as telling ...

Popular British rock group Oasis, which recently reunited after disbanding in 2009 due to the Gallagher brothers' feud, ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is arranging to meet with former Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe and other ...

Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday as export-oriented issues were sold on a stronger yen against the U.S. dollar.

People in Japan, in particular women, generally feel happy if their partners proactively do house chores, according to a survey by a private ...

The Japanese government said Monday it is considering cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by fiscal 2035 compared ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Trading house Itochu Corp. is considering helping finance the potential buyout of Seven & i Holdings Co. by ...