Sculptor Etsuro Sotoo becomes the first Japanese to be awarded the Ratzinger Prize by a Vatican City foundation for his work ...

MUFG Bank has fired an employee for allegedly stealing assets worth between 1 billion ($6 million) and 2 billion yen from ...

Just as with wine, aging a sake can produce a smoother drink, but there is a cost in maintaining the right conditions for ...

Dozens of members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, ...

Japan's Shun Sato win the men's competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's Cup of China, and compatriot Mone Chiba ...

China has told Japan it intends to remove a buoy it installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands ...

South Korea says it will not send any officials to a memorial event to be held on Japan's Sado Island to commemorate laborers ...

Samurai Japan took a 4-0 first-inning lead behind lefty Takahisa Hayakawa, only for Taiwan to threaten to overturn the game ...

Ozeki Kotozakura and Hoshoryu are set for a final-day, head-to-head title showdown after both improved to 13-1 with solid ...

Some public libraries in Japan will trial sales of new books from fiscal 2025 to fill the void caused by a nationwide decline ...

North Korea is only a "political decision" away from carrying out its seventh nuclear test, a senior U.S. official said ...

The defense ministers of Japan and China begin talks in Laos, the Japanese government said, as the Asian neighbors explore ...