The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 4.4 percent from a year earlier to 3.4 million, a record for the month, ...

Born without fingers on his left hand, high school baseball player Haruto Yokoyama wears his glove on his right hand. When he ...

The Japanese government has set its fiscal 2026 budgetary request guidelines, which will serve as the rules for ministries ...

The leaders of Belarus and Iran signed new agreements on Wednesday to boost bilateral ties in key areas including defense, ...

Regarding a case in which a homeless man died in this central Japan city after the local fire department failed to dispatch an ambulance ...

Japan is considering announcing a 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) decade-long private investment target for India when Prime ...

Mount Uegusuku, the highest peak of Kume Island where the Kayama unit built its stronghold, is seen in the town of Kumejima, ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Korean poet Yun Dong Ju's death in a Japanese prison for his involvement in the ...

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively ...

A 24-year-old South Korean man has been arrested for allegedly making a bootleg recording of the latest animated film adaptation of t ...

SAPPORO -- With Japan set to introduce a revised law on the "emergency shooting" of bears and wild boars in urban areas on Sept. 1, the Hokkaido Ryouyuukai hunters' association has notified all its 71 ...

When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv's determination to strike deep behind ene ...