In an “unprecedented, grave and serious” threat, nuclear-armed North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile over Hokkaido, the first unannounced launch of a missile to fly over Japan.

The government decides to establish a system by the end of fiscal 2022 to limit online race betting as part of efforts to combat gambling addiction.

Floodwaters reached the roof lines of single-story homes Monday, and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey kept pouring rain on the Houston area after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues. The nation's fourth-largest city was still largely paralyzed, ...

Uber Technologies Inc.'s incoming chief executive officer, Dara Khosrowshahi, inherits an embattled global business with crises sprawling across continents. Since Uber's founding in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has tested the world's tolerance for disruption and rule-breaking. The company's toe-stepping ways, overseen by co-founder and ...

North Korea’s provocative launch of an apparent midrange missile over Hokkaido is likely to give fuel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to bolster the nation’s abilities to defend itself.

The passage of North Korea’s missile over Hokkaido came just hours before Air Self-Defense Force anti-missile drills were held at two U.S. bases in Japan.

Job availability improved for a fifth consecutive month to a 43-year high while the unemployment rate remained unchanged in July, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting Japan's ongoing labor shortage issue. The job availability rate rose to 1.52 positions per job seeker in July, up from ...

North Korea's firing of a missile over northern Japan on Tuesday heightened concerns among citizens, triggering alerts in communities and prompting some to run for cover. "The alert told me to evacuate, but I couldn't think of any building in the town that could withstand ...

Authorities have seen a rise in applications to be labor standards inspectors in the wake of the death of a young female employee of Dentsu Inc. after she worked excessive overtime. The karōshi (death from overwork) incident at Japan's top ad agency in 2015 shocked ...

Residents on a tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea are trying to woo new settlers to revive the community and save their hometown from being deserted. The people of Shishi Island in Kagawa Prefecture have launched initiatives to promote tourism and encourage settlement, aiming ...

An official Ultraman store has opened in the hometown of the superhero's creator. Makoto Tsuburaya, 57, the son of a cousin of Eiji Tsuburaya — the creator of the science fiction series that has generated great enthusiasm among children over the last five decades — ...

Toshiba Corp. and Western Digital Corp. reached a broad accord on the sale of the Japanese conglomerate's chip unit as the U.S. company has agreed to drop its legal actions, sources close to the matter said Monday. The prospect emerged as Western Digital CEO Steve ...

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said the Tsukiji fish market will be moved to the Toyosu waterfront area no earlier than next June after taking additional safety measures to address soil contamination at the new site. "We are expecting the additional work to be completed by ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi learned an important lesson in Manila earlier this month: He can't pressure Foreign Minister Taro Kono by invoking his father's name.

Branding calls to ban the burqa as Islamophobic is an illiberal attempt to shut down legitimate public policy debate.

The decline in popular support for the Abe administration might usher in an even worse scenario for Japan's politics.

Tobias Klein's "Augmented Mask," an installation that incorporates an elaborate 3-D printed mask, colorful projection mapping, a virtual reality headset and references a popular Chinese opera, looks a lot like future art as imagined in science fiction. Appearing at the small The Container venue in ...

The Hiroshima Carp squared off against a pitcher who hadn't lost in a month, was on his home turf, and threw one of his better games of the year. Fortunately for the Carp, their guy was pretty good, too. Yusuke Nomura held the Yomiuri Giants to ...

Nozomi Okuhara said that she wanted to measure where she is on the global badminton map right now. Yes, she captured the gold medal in the women's singles competition at the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday. But does she think that she is ...

Japan defender Maya Yoshida insists he and his teammates are relaxed ahead of Thursday's crunch World Cup qualifier against Australia despite rumors that manager Vahid Halilhodzic will be fired if the Samurai Blue fail to win. "To be honest it's really calm, because we all ...

Yokozuna Hakuho said Tuesday he will take it one step at a time in next month's Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo as he seeks his third straight Emperor's Cup and an unprecedented 40th title overall. "I will tackle it one bout at a time. ...

Riko Takino, a 15-year-old from Osaka, gave Japan its first medal of the Junior Grand Prix campaign with a bronze at the season-opener in Brisbane, Australia, over the weekend. Takino was third after the short program, and maintained that position to earn a spot on ...

When Maria Sharapova's first Grand Slam match after a 15-month doping suspension ended with a victory at the U.S. Open, she dropped to her knees and covered her face, tears welling in her eyes. This was merely a win to get to the second round, ...

Judoka Naohisa Takato and Funa Tonaki won gold medals in their respective categories, while Ami Kondo settled for bronze as the world championships got underway Monday. Takato, the 2013 world champion and bronze medalist at last year's Rio Olympics, downed Pavel Petrikov of the Czech ...