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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For about a year, some residents here have been working on transforming carp streamers and wind socks that are traditionally displayed o ...

Bandai Spirits Co. on Wednesday unveiled a hands-on museum set to open Sept. 2 inside its plastic model production plant in Shizuo ...

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

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a forgettable outing in his first career pitching start against the Colorado Rockies ...