Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to roll out the red carpet for U.S. President Donald Trump, who will arrive in Japan on Sunday for a three-day visit. The hospitality will include beefsteak, a favorite of the U.S. leader, at a high-end Tokyo restaurant, sources ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, the suspected serial killer behind the murder and dismemberment of nine people, found his victims through Twitter.

About 2.7 percent of elderly drivers who took a mandatory test under a revised traffic law are deemed at risk of having dementia.

A Canadian single father who filed a complaint against Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. — claiming he was harassed after he took a paternity leave — said Thursday that he hopes his case will highlight workplace struggles faced by fathers in Japan. "I saw ...

China’s Lenovo Group will take over Fujitsu’s personal computer business by taking a 51 percent stake in a formed joint venture.

Users of hotels, inns and private lodging services in the city of Kyoto will face a new tax next year after the city assembly passed an ordinance on Thursday. The surcharge, which goes into effect starting next October, will range from ¥200 to ¥1,000 per ...

As 29-year-old immigrant Sayfullo Saipov lay in a hospital bed Wednesday, accused of driving a truck onto a New York bike path and killing eight people, police tried to piece together his life. A fuller portrait is beginning to emerge of the suspect who ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he will compile a bold economic package worth ¥2 trillion early next month to combat various woes related to Japan's rapidly aging population. The measure reflects Abe's central campaign pledge ahead of last month's general election. In a drastic ...

Shogo Miyazaki, a defiant activist who led an unsuccessful movement to oppose the construction of a freight line through a quiet residential area of Yokohama in the 1960s and 70s, is still unconvinced about the utility of Japan's electoral system. The now defunct Japanese National ...

Coming in lowest among G-7 peers, Japan’s decline in the 2017 global rankings for gender equality reflects the political empowerment of women in the country.

The U.S. Navy unveiled a damning report Wednesday on collisions between two Japan-based destroyers and commercial vessels in the western Pacific that left 17 crew dead this summer, calling the accidents "avoidable" and faulting leadership shortcomings and an erosion of sailors' basic standards. The Yokosuka, ...

A new book casts British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy in a new light, and the lessons can be applied to the North Korea crisis.

Trump may emphasize "America First" and disagree with Abe and Moon over how to reduce bilateral trade deficits, but he should not do so on North Korean threats.

Kyoto Animation has had quite a year. With "Free! Special Series: Take Your Marks," the Uji, Kyoto-based anime studio will have released no less than five theatrical films and two television series in the past 13 months. That's quite a clip, but even more impressive ...

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Jr. still remembers the childhood experiences that inspired his passion for the natural environment. "Some of my earliest memories are walking with my father over every hectare of our family farm as he explained the importance of caring for ...

Anyone who thought the Yokohama BayStars were just going to roll over after going down 3-0 in the Japan Series can think again. These BayStars are still in it, and the mighty Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks suddenly have a fight on their hands. The BayStars rallied from ...

Japan coach Jamie Joseph sprung a surprise Thursday when he named his 23-man squad to take on Australia on Saturday at Nissan Stadium. Harumichi Tatekawa, who was expected to miss the first two games of the autumn test series, was named in the centers alongside ...

Injuries and illness forced Australia coach Michael Cheika to reshuffle his backline Thursday ahead of Saturday's test against Japan at Nissan Stadium. Bernard Foley, Karmichael Hunt and Will Genia were all slated to start Saturday's game, the first time the two nations have met in ...

The Major League Baseball Players Association is threatening to block a new posting agreement over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' posting fee, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the union is unwilling to sign off on a new posting agreement ...

Japan will play the winner of the European qualifying competition in the opening game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on Sept. 20, as organizers announced the full tournament schedule on Thursday. [video_embed number="1"] The Brave Blossoms, who will be bidding to ...

From laughingstock to lift off. George Springer and the Houston Astros rocketed to the top of the baseball galaxy Wednesday night, winning the first World Series championship in franchise history by romping past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7. Playing for a city still ...

Early in his career, Geoffrey Katsuhisa had the ideal mentor. Longtime NBA bench boss Bob Hill gave Katsuhisa invaluable advice and showed him the ins and outs of leading a pro basketball team. This occurred in the 2010-11 bj-league season, when Hill served as the ...