A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in ...

Nara City Hall is facing an unusual situation, where early voting for the July 20 House of Councillors election has led to ...

The mayor of Nagasaki said Tuesday that a record 107 countries and regions, along with the European Union, have signaled ...

A male host at a host club in central Japan has been arrested for allegedly threatening a female customer to make her pay her ...

Recently, social media posts have falsely claimed that foreign residents make up one-third of all households on welfare in ...

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Tokyo stocks edged down Wednesday as many investors refrained from trading actively amid growing caution ahead of the House ...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke at her regular news briefing on July 11. She was asked about campaign talk about foreign ...

Japanese people plan to spend a record high of over 100,000 yen ($670) on average for their summer holidays this year, rising ...

Ryo Germain built on his impressive form with an early strike as Japan held on to beat South Korea 1-0 to claim their s ...

In the 2017 lower house election, staff reported "blank ballots" in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, after a shortfall in ballots ...

TOKYO -- As Japan faces increasingly severe damage from intense rainfall brought on by a weather phenomenon called "linear ...