The North Korean Army threatens a possible strike against U.S. bases in Japan, in response to the use of U.S. B-52 bombers, which are capable of carrying nuclear cruise missiles, in joint military drills with South Korea.

U.S. and Japanese military brass discuss worst-case contingency plans for retaking the Senkaku Islands, disputed islets in the East China Sea, if China moves to seize them.

Tokyo subway officials commemorate the 18th anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo's deadly sarin attack, remembering the assault at one of the stations where lives were lost.

Ten years after the United States barreled into Iraq with extraordinary force and a perilous lack of foresight, the country is neither the failed state that seemed all but inevitable during the darkest days of the war nor the model democracy the Americans set ...

The evidence was incontrovertible, captured on video and posted on YouTube for all the world to see. During a protest against the Syrian regime, Wael Ibrahim, a veteran activist, had tossed aside a banner inscribed with the Muslim declaration of faith. And that, decreed ...

To keep the only nuclear plant now online from shutting down, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Tuesday it will inspect Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi atomic facility in Fukui Prefecture according to new safety standards prior to their official July debut. After a regular ...

A Japanese doctor is working on raising public awareness of the disease called surfer’s ear, an ailment that has become more common amid a surfing boom in recent years. It is characterized by the abnormal growth of a bone that clogs the ear canal ...

In a push to promote Japanese tourism and culture, the bustling Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan began hosting Japan Week on Tuesday, with food, drinks and nine kinds of “ekiben,” or boxed lunches sold at train stations. The meals, whose name is shorthand for ...

In the quiet courtroom, the Somali defendant sat unhandcuffed and with an earphone in place, flanked by guards. “The court is now in session,” the presiding judge said in Japanese. His words were immediately translated into English by one interpreter, and then into Somali ...

A Guam court set another pretrial hearing Wednesday for a local man charged with slaying three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage. During the first pretrial hearing Wednesday in the multiple aggravated murder and multiple attempted aggravated ...

“Sumidagawa Hana no Goshozome” (“The Sumida River Adorned with Cherry Blossoms”) by Tsuruya Namboku IV (1755-1829), now showing at the National Theater of Japan, was written to be a blockbuster. It was created for the Ichimura-za theater in Edo in 1814, when kabuki was ...

Spring finally returns and with the change of weather comes a flurry of activity in and around Tokyo, as this year’s Roppongi Art Night is welcomed back. Running from 10 a.m. on March 23 until 6 p.m. the next day, the festival hosts a ...

The Dominican Republic wins all eight of its games in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, capturing the title with a 3-0 shutout against Puerto Rico.

Fernando Rodney bounded around on a hastily assembled stage with a fresh World Baseball Classic winner’s medal and a plantain that was more than a few days past its expiration date both dangling around his neck. Hat tilted to the side, Rodney shot imaginary ...

Legend David Beckham raised the prospect of one last stop on his global soccer journey Wednesday, refusing to rule out playing in China after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain ends. Speaking at a news conference unveiling him as an ambassador for the Chinese Super ...

National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni will be without two of his most important players when Japan attempts to book its ticket to the 2014 World Cup against Jordan next Tuesday, but the Italian still has enough quality in reserve to get the job done. ...

Rivalries are perhaps the superfine ingredient that works to spice up teams and athletes and make fans louder. Think of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the major leagues, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens in the NFL, Real Madrid and ...