Ozeki Kotozakura celebrated his 27th birthday Tuesday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a victory over rank-and-file ...

The Group of 20 leaders on Monday dropped their anti-protectionism pledge in a statement issued after their first meeting ...

Prefecture city of Kameoka celebrated "Dog Day" on Nov. 1 with a charming new mayor -- a Golden retriever named Maggie.

U.S. President Joe Biden's third face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping took place as widely expected, ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu reeled off another commanding victory Monday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament as the leading pack was ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon series "Peanuts" and ...

Former Major League Baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez said Monday that Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is the ...

A proposal by Yamanashi Prefecture to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji has been given up amid ...

China has admitted that one of its military planes entered Japan's airspace in August but said it was not intentional, ...

A leadership shake-up has taken place at the Choshikei Monkey Park on Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture, home to about 300 ...

The Tokyo native gained prominence after the 1952 release of his first book of poetry, "Niju Oku Konen no Kodoku" (Two ...

Japan and Britain agree to launch a new framework for dialogue between their economic and foreign ministers to discuss trade, ...