The Japanese government is considering roughly doubling the supply of stockpiled rice to make up for the shortfall as rice ...

An Air Self-Defense Force training plane with two personnel aboard crashed into a large reservoir in central Japan shortly ...

Yokozuna Hoshoryu fell to No. 2 maegashira Abi for his second successive defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as ...

Over-the-counter drugs will become available at convenience stores in Japan within two years, following the enactment of ...

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing in the World Services ...

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

The United States and China on Wednesday slashed most of their recent new tariffs on each other's imports and suspended part ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers said Tuesday they have placed rookie Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki on the 15-day injured list with a ...

Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. said Monday it will sell a liquid crystal display panel plant in central Japan, once ...

No. 1 maegashira Oho handed his long-time rival and yokozuna Hoshoryu his first defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as ...

An object believed to be an unexploded wartime bomb was discovered on a Hiroshima University campus in western Japan, police ...

Nissan Motor Co. logged a net loss of 670.90 billion yen ($4.5 billion) for fiscal 2024 as it continues to grapple with poor ...