North Korea will continue to develop its nuclear program — seeking even stronger weapons — as long as the regime remains subject to a U.S.-led effort to heap pressure on it, a former professional wrestler turned Diet member quoted a high-ranking official from the ...

Tokyo police investigate how a fire spread to an Odakyu Line train after it came to an emergency stop close to a burning building.

Japan Post Holdings Co.'s underwriters will seek to attract retail investors to its ¥1.3 trillion ($12 billion) public offering, betting they will shrug off the stock's slack performance and market anxiety over North Korea. The shares are being sold as the government continues its privatization ...

The U.S. says mechanical problems had nothing to do with the accident.

Further consolidation among Japan's regional banks is inevitable given the rapidly aging population and ultralow interest rates, according to an adviser to the Financial Services Agency. The Bank of Japan's radical stimulus program, which has pushed interest rates to near or below zero, is severely ...

Another war on the Korean Peninsula — this time a nuclear one — is beginning to look more possible than ever before, stirring anxiety in Japan and prompting debate over how it should respond. Amid the crisis, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has maintained close contact ...

The government moves to reduce financial support for people with low incomes affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

South Korea and North Korea could hardly be further apart right now: A new democratic president has been elected in Seoul after the peaceful ouster of his predecessor over a political scandal, while a dictator in Pyongyang has raised the ante with missile launches ...

Takeshi Imazu's daily tasks are far from what a typical prefectural official handles. For more than half of the week, he goes out to the Inbanuma marsh of Chiba Prefecture either to capture or study snapping turtles, a freshwater species that threatens local biodiversity. Snapping turtles, ...

More and more Japan Railway companies are trying to attract new customers by offering luxury sleeper trains and unique services on their trains such as baths in tubs made of cypress and gourmet meals by top-class chefs. Contrary to this trend, Central Japan Railway Co. ...

The idea for Navit Co. was born out of its president's own experience of getting stuck in the labyrinth of a Tokyo subway station. The station map maker is now looking to expand its services nationwide, capitalizing on its data-gathering know-how. The Tokyo-based company makes ...

The U.N. Security Council was set to vote on a watered-down resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test, but it was unclear whether China and Russia would support it.

Chinese state banks have started suspending transactions through accounts held by North Koreans, making it almost impossible to do business between the two countries, sources familiar with the situation have said. Kyodo News has confirmed that branch offices of at least three major state banks ...

Republican infighting over the fate of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children could be so vitriolic that the party loses control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, said in an ...

Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadi group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said. Many of them say they are from ...

To improve bilateral ties, it's important for both China and Japan to drive forward civil exchanges in some form that is not influenced by political agenda.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had the wisdom to be appalled by nuclear weapons. Not Donald Trump.

For many Japanese, life is divided into two distinctly historical time lines: before and after the Showa Era.

Japan Post Co. said Aug. 4 it is considering using drones to move packages between post offices.

This week's featured article KYODO As the influx of foreign visitors to Japan includes Muslims, there has been discussion about how Japan can best accommodate their religious dietary restrictions and other needs. ...

The B. League tipped off its inaugural season in lavish fashion last year with a game between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings on an LED court at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. At the All-Star Game at the same arena, fans were entertained with concert-style ...

Harumafuji, the lone yokozuna competing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, won for the second day in a row Monday, but the fates of the three ozeki were mixed, Goeido being the only one able to claim victory. Terunofuji, who along with Goeido is a ...

For manager Atsunori Inaba and Samurai Japan, it's full steam ahead for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And the first stop on what Japan hopes is the road to a gold medal comes in November, when Inaba makes his debut at the inaugural Asia Professional ...

Wladimir Balentien could've been written off as a one-year wonder after hitting 31 home runs in his first season in Japan, way back in 2011. Or as just a flash in the pan after doing it the next season. No one could deny Balentien ...

World No. 1 Yui Kamiji earned her third Grand Slam title of the season by winning the women's singles final at the U.S. Open wheelchair championships on Sunday. The top-seeded Japanese beat the second-seeded Diede de Groot of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-2 in the 1-hour, ...

Striker Takashi Usami scored on his debut for Fortuna Dusseldorf in a 3-2 win over Atsuto Uchida's Union Berlin in the German second division on Sunday. Usami, who joined Dusseldorf on a one-year loan deal from first-division Augsburg last month, came off the bench in ...