Preparations are underway for the Emperor and Empress to officially visit the Netherlands and Belgium in June, according to ...

The Japanese and British governments have begun coordinating for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to visit Japan on Jan.

With the 50th Kisei title series, the most prestigious title in the world of Go, to kick off in Hawaii on Thursday, local ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. will begin work to stop the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

Former shogi player Hifumi Kato has died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday. He was 86. Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.

No matter how harsh the family environment behind the crime may have been, acts of violence to settle grudges are absolutely unforgivable. The judicial decision to impose a strict punishment on the ...

Tetsuya Yamagami did not seem to show any emotion as the Nara District Court on Wednesday sentenced him to life in prison for ...

Kisei title holder Ryo Ichiriki and challenger Toramaru Shibano on Wednesday inspected a hotel room in Honolulu where they ...

Draft horses train for traditional races known as banei keiba at Obihiro Racecourse in Hokkaido from early Monday morning ...

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, who recently returned from the International Space Station, said his mission demonstrated the ...

The reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, which resumed operation Wednesday, was suspended on Thursday after an alarm sounded during the removal of control rods used to suppress ...

Some Venezuelans scattered throughout Latin America say they are weighing whether to plot a future back home as the U.S.