Japanese netizens spent the days following U.S. President Donald Trump's first visit to Japan trying to figure out who came out of the trip looking the best. A week later, a consensus was seemingly reached. "Pikotaro gets the MVP!" one 2chan poster wrote on Nov. ...

Readers who may be contemplating homicide should be aware that concealing evidence of your crime — referred to in the language of jurisprudence as corpus delicti — is next to impossible. Even before the emergence of DNA testing and other forensic techniques, killers determined to ...

In a Nov. 8 press release, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that Katsuya Takasu, the most famous plastic surgeon in Japan, was no longer a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS). Previously, the center had been urging the AACS ...

The government has decided to expand the scope of its job support program for socially withdrawn people, which is limited to those 39 or younger, to include people in their early 40s, labor ministry officials said Saturday. Many people aged 40 to 44 have been ...

The disaster agency plans to deploy infrared devices that can spot poison gas as part of counterterrorism measures for the Rugby World Cup and Olympics.

A veteran Japanese explorer starts a solo quest to get to the South Pole without resupplying.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited a lily farm and an elementary school on Okinoerabu Island on Saturday to top off their three-day trip to the remote islands between Kyushu and Okinawa. At the school, the Imperial Couple tasted raw brown sugar after watching pupils ...

China is hoping to achieve a "major breakthrough" in its space program by 2040 — including the development of nuclear-powered space shuttles that will allow for the mining of asteroids and "large-scale space exploration" — state-run media have reported. The ambitious goal of becoming a ...

Nations working to salvage a mammoth Pacific Rim trade pact that the U.S. abandoned need to move forward before electoral politics get in the way, according to Japan's chief negotiator. "Next year various countries have elections, there'll be movements in governments," Minister of Economy, Trade ...

North Korea on Friday ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint U.S-South Korea military exercises continue, and said that Pyongyang's atomic weapons program would remain as a deterrent against a U.S. nuclear threat. In an interview, Han Tae Song, North Korea's ambassador to ...

With electric bikes accounting for nearly 6 in 10 bicycles manufactured nationwide last year, the future looks especially bright.

Anthropologist Takeshi Tamami has always had something of an itch for Africa.

Persimmons come in three types, but amagaki is of most use in the kitchen.

At Locale, the menu depends on the ingredients freshly delivered by a network of organic farmers around Japan.

Finally, Tokyo has a pintxos bar worthy of the name. And what a name: Creative culinary genius Eneko Atxa now has a Japan outpost for his contemporary, inventive cuisine.

A tiny bar where patrons queue for up to 90 minutes has become the go-to spot for beer connoisseurs in Hiroshima.

Baskin Robbins is cashing in on the Minions' success with a series of items themed after the overall-sporting twerps.

Everyone knows "Godzilla," the 1954 film that introduced Japan's most famous monster to the world. But the name of its director, Ishiro Honda, was for a long time only mentioned by foreign critics and fans in passing, if at all. Ishiro Honda: A Life in ...

A classic from 1906, Toson Shimazaki's "The Broken Commandment" follows the ideological struggles of a young teacher, Ushimatsu Segawa. The Broken Commandment, by Toson Shimazaki, Translated by Kenneth Strong.249 pages UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO PRESS, Fiction. Born into the ostracized burakumin caste but hiding his origins by following ...

Junichiro Tanizaki is best known for his novels, "Naomi" and "The Makioka Sisters," and is widely considered one of Japan's greatest writers of modern literature. This collection of his early stories "Red Roofs & Other Stories," published between 1917 and 1926, begins with a ...

The Osaka Evessa dominated on both sides of the ball in Saturday's series opener against the San-en NeoPhoenix, ending a five-game losing streak The Evessa pounded the NeoPhoenix 79-54 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. Osaka coach Dai Oketani's club had five double-digit scorers: Gyno Pomare (18 points, ...

Yokozuna Hakuho held on to the sole lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, where he defeated Onosho on Saturday to improve to 7-0. The yokozuna faced newlypromoted komusubi Onosho (1-6), who has been winless since defeating yokozuna Kisenosato on the first day of the ...

Hideki Matsuyama fell eight strokes off the pace of American Brooks Koepka after Saturday's third round of the Dunlop Phoenix. Koepka, the defending champion and winner of this year's U.S. Open, blistered the par-71 Phoenix Country Club course, firing in eight birdies against a lone ...

As a player, Dikembe Mutombo made a big difference for his teams with his signature shot-blocking skills. Now, eight years after his retirement from the NBA, the Congolese native is still making a difference in society. His philanthropic activities around the world keep him busy. On ...

Kawasaki Frontale defender Elsinho scored in the 82nd minute to keep the J. League title race alive for at least another round with a 1-0 win over Gamba Osaka on Saturday. Frontale went into the game at Todoroki Stadium knowing that a loss to Gamba ...

World silver medalist Shoma Uno finished runner-up in the short program on Friday night at the Internationaux de France. Uno earned 93.92 points to sit behind Javier Fernandez, who took the lead with 107.86 points. Russian Alexander Samarin took third with 91.51 points. Uno, seeking his ...

Nao Kodaira on Friday won the women's 500- and 1,000-meter races in the second round of the speed skating World Cup. This boosted her total World Cup wins to 14, eclipsing the Japanese women's record of 12 held by Tomomi Okazaki. She had also triumphed ...