Kibo no To (Party of Hope) elects a new co-leader for founder Yuriko Koike, choosing a candidate who shares the Tokyo governor’s conservative stance on the Constitution and security.

Budget-managing app operator Money Forward Inc. stoked investor excitement when it became the nation's first financial technology venture to go public in September, reflecting strong interest in the nascent but fast-growing sector. Yosuke Tsuji, the startup's founder and chief executive officer, is now looking to ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan this year hit a new record, exceeding the previous high of over 24 million logged last year, Japan's tourism minister said Friday. After hitting the 20 million mark on Sept. 15 at the fastest pace ever, the number ...

A plan by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s friend to open a veterinary school on Shikoku clears an education ministry panel, taking the heavily criticized project one step closer to approval.

Documents leaked from an offshore law firm show a Japanese hospital and a doctor profited from unlisted shares in a Singapore medical firm, with the doctor profiting ¥100 million ($880,000) despite the hospital's involvement in clinical trials for the company. According to an analysis of ...

Kiyondo Matsui, the president of the publishing house Bungei Shunju, spoke at this year's All-Japan Library Conference, which took place in Tokyo on Oct. 12 and 13. During his talk, Matsui asked the assembled professionals to no longer acquire bunko editions of books for ...

The headline number is impressive: a quarter of trillion dollars' worth of deals from China that President Donald Trump can use to show he is creating opportunities for U.S. businesses and jobs for his base. The reality, however, is that the roughly 15 agreements unveiled ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his round of golf with visiting President Donald Trump was a good chance to relax and discuss difficult issues. It also was an opportunity to display some nimble gymnastics, according to TV Tokyo. The television network flew a helicopter over ...

Nine people dismembered by a serial killer in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, are formally identified by the police, including three female high school students.

Does China have the resolve this time to countenance the prospect of harming North Korea?

In the United States, one out of 10 rape victims is male.

Even with its convenience stores, souvenir outlets, tour buses and boutique coffee shops, Mount Koya might be modestly alluded to as a Japanese Lhasa. There is no living being, of course, who embodies the doctrines of a religious order such as the Dalai Lama, ...

Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva grabbed the lead at the NHK Trophy with a score of 79.99 points in the short program on Friday night. The Russian was her usual sublime self while skating to "Nocturne," executing element after element nearly flawlessly. Sochi bronze medalist ...

In a game showcasing two of the top teams in the second division, the Kumamoto Volters ran past the visiting Gunma Crane Thunders on Friday night, winning 98-78. Backup shooting guard Terrance Woodbury, doing his best Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson impersonation, sparked the Volters off ...

Russell Wilson has been confounding the Arizona Cardinals with his escape antics for a long time. He did it again Thursday night in the biggest play of the Seattle Seahawks' 22-16 victory. In what his coach Pete Carroll called "an extraordinary play," Wilson eluded the Cardinals ...

World and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu withdrew from the NHK Trophy on Friday afternoon due to an injured lateral ligament in his right ankle, the Japan Skating Federation announced. The development means Hanyu will be unable to defend his title at next month's Grand Prix ...

England coach Eddie Jones has challenged his players to kick on from their summer series victory in Argentina and show they are continuing to evolve when they face the Pumas for the fourth time in 13 months on Saturday. England, without a host of players ...

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Friday they will allow Shohei Otani to use the posting system this offseason to try to land a deal with a major league team. "Everyone in our ballclub accepts his thoughts," Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama told a news conference ...

Northern Ireland coach Michael O'Neill said he was "staggered and bewildered" by a controversial penalty decision which gave Switzerland a 1-0 win in their World Cup playoff first leg on Thursday. Vladimir Petkovic's Switzerland team dominated the match at a rain-swept Belfast but squandered a ...