Board of education in city of Tokorozawa considers disciplinary action after homeroom teacher admits to comments, apologizes

Leader of largest opposition party takes unusual step in bid to prove she has resolved her dual nationality status

JET instructor died after being restrained on his hospital bed for 10 days, his family says, highlighting a widespread practice at nation’s psychiatric hospitals

Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo — who continued practicing as a doctor even after turning 100 — died from respiratory failure on Tuesday, the hospital said. He was 105. A well-respected figure, Hinohara had been suffering from medical conditions ...

A vice minister has given up using a chauffeured official car to take her child to day care after drawing political flak, but some working mothers have expressed sympathy for the 39-year-old lawmaker. The Shukan Shincho weekly magazine accused Megumi Kaneko of "mixing up official ...

The inclusion of a phrase outlawing the threat of using nuclear arms in the world's first-ever treaty to ban such weapons gives the accord teeth — but also makes it harder for allies of nuclear-armed countries to support the pact. "Nuclear umbrella states" — countries ...

A self-driving electric vehicle developed by a French company completed its first demonstration test in Japan on Tuesday at a park in Tokyo, amid efforts to realize fully automated public transportation services. The Navya Arma vehicle, developed by Navya SAS, is designed to navigate fixed ...

Major Japanese airlines on Tuesday began implementing tighter airport security measures on U.S.-bound passengers, checking for explosives planted in personal computers and other electronic devices. Passengers are randomly selected before they board aircraft for the new screening procedures launched in response to a U.S. request ...

Announced at gathering on sustainable development, the aid is to be implemented in areas of education, health, disaster risk reduction and gender equality.

Fossilized teeth belonging to a plant-eating dinosaur have been discovered in Nagasaki Prefecture, offering fresh clues about the reptile and the ecosystem 81 million years ago, a local museum said Tuesday. Thirty-five fossilized teeth have been unearthed from a geological layer dated to the late ...

A Tokyo court on Tuesday approved Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s plan to issue new shares for a public offering, a decision that could propel the oil distributor's stalled plan to merge with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. Idemitsu's founding family had sought an injunction against the share ...

The Nagoya Municipal Assembly has created a private day care room for one of its members with a 1-year-old son, the first such facility among governments in the Tokai region and a rarity in other parts of Japan as well. "It has become easier for ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. wants to reduce trade imbalances with Mexico and Canada and boost exports of everything from farm goods to financial services as it prepares to kick off talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. The office of Trump's ...

Mountain- and water-related accidents claimed five lives Monday, the last day of a three-day weekend when temperatures reached above 30 degrees Celsius in many parts of Japan. Also one person is listed as missing in the mountains and eight people were injured across the country. In ...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asserted that a meeting between President Donald Trump's eldest son and several Russians last year was about adoption policy for Russian children, despite emails Donald Trump Jr. released showing that he expected to obtain damaging information on Hillary ...

Italian firefighters fought more than 1,000 wildfires on Monday amid high temperatures and drought, including three near Rome's beach neighborhood of Ostia, the fire brigade said. With half the average rainfall last month and temperatures higher than normal, occasionally touching 40 degrees Celsius in the ...

Venezuela's opposition called on Monday for a national strike against President Nicolas Maduro in an escalation of protests after a massive symbolic referendum at the weekend. "Hour zero is starting," opposition leader Freddy Guevara said on behalf of the Democratic Unity coalition, using army jargon ...

A U.S doctor offering experimental treatment to a critically ill British baby visited the London hospital where he is being treated on Monday as part of a last-ditch attempt to persuade a judge to keep the boy's life support switched on. The parents of Charlie ...

Pyongyang's successful test of an ICBM could be a game changer for U.S. President Donald Trump in dealing with North Korea.

It's time for Washington to turn defense responsibilities over to Seoul and withdraw its troops from the Korean Peninsula.

One clue to understanding the loss of trust in the professional integrity of the Western media is their unrelenting efforts to demonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I don't want people to treat me like a god," says Keiji Haino, chuckling. "I want to be a bad boy, right until the end." An audience with the 65-year-old iconoclast, a towering figure on Japan's underground music scene, is always memorable. When I meet ...

What happens when you take the Nazi zombies, coin collecting, cuddly creatures, xenomorphs, etc., out of video games and you just wander around virtual reality? While pondering that, we could also ask, "How realistic is it to be Utopian?," "What is life without work?" and "How ...

July 20-Oct. 9 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was founded through donations from generous Boston citizens, private collectors and companies. Despite being self-funded, it is now one of the most esteemed museums in the U.S., holding a collection of more than 500,000 works — ...

July 28-Oct. 29 Though the ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was more famous for his bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), he also produced large-scale scroll paintings, including the triptych "Snow, Moon, Cherry Blossom." These three paintings, which are usually housed at different museums ("Fukagawa in the ...

July 15-Sept. 18 Nick-named the "Leonardo da Vinci of the 21st Century," Dutch contemporary artist Theo Jansen creates works inspired by biological evolution. Since the 1990s, he has been building "Strandbeests," giant wind-powered kinetic sculptures made of intricate frameworks of recycled plastic. Although his "Strandbeests" were ...

Designated hitter Carlos Peguero belted a solo homer and went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to help the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1 on Tuesday. Starter Wataru Karashima (7-4) limited Nippon Ham to one run on four hits and two ...

Police arrested the head of Spain's soccer federation, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray a year before the next round of the elite championship takes place in Russia. Federation president Angel Maria Villar, 67, as well as three ...

Yokozuna Hakuho collected his 1,046th career win Tuesday as he edged rank-and-file grappler Chiyoshoma to stay perfect at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The yokozuna notched his 10th victory in as many days of the 15-day tourney to grab sole possession of second place on ...

Hideki Matsuyama has been grouped with U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka of the United States and England's Tommy Fleetwood for the first two rounds of the British Open, which starts on Thursday. Event organizers announced on Monday the groupings and their tee times for the ...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena. UFC events were held in Japan every year between 2012 and 2015 under the organization's previous ownership. Now, ...