The Yomiuri ShimbunSekiwake Kirishima, right, is forced down by Ozeki Aonishiki during their bout on Saturday, the 14th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. Despite the loss, Kirishima ...

Five people were killed in a four-car collision in an expressway tunnel in Mie Prefecture early on Friday, a local fire department said.

In an ukiyo-e painting by Utagawa Hiroshige titled, “Edo Meisho Shiki no Nagame, Ryogoku Natsu no Yukei” (famous view of Edo in four seasons: summer evening at Ryogoku), women hold fishing rods while ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presented a cherry tree sapling to U.S. President Donald Trump before their summit on Thursday. A plan by Japan is underway to gift 250 cherry trees to the United States ...

Amid differences in their positions and risks in which a single misstep could potentially cause a rift in Japan-U.S. relations, it is significant that the leaders of the two countries confirmed their ...

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his expectation that Japan would contribute if necessary to security in the Strait of Hormuz during an interview with a U.S. media outlet on Friday.

Summit talks between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in Washington served as an opportunity to showcase the two leaders’ close relationship.

The conflict in the Middle East shows no signs of abating, and the impact on the global economy is only growing. With no ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at about 3:08 p.m. on Saturday, registering 3 out of 7 on the Japanese ...

A bus tour themed on writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo, and his wife Setsu will continue to operate from April to June in Matsue.

Replicas of three elephant monuments that were set up at the Thailand Pavilion for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo have been installed at Ikeda Hospital and its affiliated facility in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka ...

Inui Street, famed for its views of cherry blossom trees, opened to the public on Saturday in the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.