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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2025 ballot featuring 14 newly eligible candidates, including former ...

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

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