Opposition parties on Monday pushed the Finance Ministry to punish its top official by blocking his eligibility for full retirement benefits in the wake of sexual harassment allegations leveled by a journalist. Despite denying the allegations, Junichi Fukuda offered last week to step down as ...

The hackers have targeted domestic defense companies, possibly to get information about Tokyo’s policy toward resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse, according to a cybersecurity firm.

The souvenir shop Nagomya in Kinshachi Yokocho, a shopping area that opened right outside the grounds of Nagoya Castle late last month, is selling handbags made by people with developmental disorders using recycled Nagoya obi. "Try our light but durable handbags made of Nagoya obi," ...

Make a trip to any major electronics store today and you're bound to find a section selling drones. Once little more than toys for enthusiasts, today's commercially available drones come in all shapes and sizes and are used for all sorts of purposes, with ...

Automated gates equipped with the technology will screen departing foreign nationals at major airports from fiscal 2019 in a bid to speed up the immigration process.

Japan's new law on short-term lodging services was meant to ease a shortage of hotel rooms, bring order to an unregulated market, and offer more options for foreign visitors ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Instead, the law is ...

Peacekeepers were given the orders following a July 2016 outbreak of fierce fighting, despite government claims the area was devoid of armed conflict.

The detainee was blocked from seeing a doctor despite suffering abdominal pain that was later diagnosed as appendicitis and peritonitis, his supporters say.

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Sunday affirmed they will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and pledged to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang until it rids itself of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said. "We fully agreed that we ...

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to serve up the dubious claim that North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization" ahead of his meeting with Kim Jong Un — an assertion at odds with what the White House has previously said and ...

Few people in Japan are optimistic about the outcome of the Korean talks.

The key difference from Beijing in 1972: After any summit, North Korea will remain a weak client state.

A much-touted bond with the U.S. president left Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely empty-handed.

It was in 2001 when my friend, Chikako Sakamoto, paid ¥9.8 million for a six-tatami-mat apartment in Tokyo's central Minato Ward. The apartment was inside a 長期滞在者用 (chōki taizaisha-yō, long term resident's) wing of an old hotel in Roppongi, with a very low ceiling ...

Introducing two adverbs that show the near future, そのうち and 今に.

A former high-flying chemical engineer working in fertilizer development and management, it's no surprise that Indonesia's Ambassador to Japan Arifin Tasrif, was once working all across the Indonesian archipelago in Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Of no less importance, especially given his current role, is ...

IBF minimumweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi will face the Philippines' Vince Paras in his second title defense, his Watanabe gym said Monday. Kyoguchi will take on Paras, ranked 15th in the heavier IBF light flyweight category, on May 20 at Tokyo's Ota Gymnasium. "We are both hopefuls ...

The Hanshin Tigers have a Shintaro Fujinami problem. They just don't seem to know what to do about it. Fujinami, 24, is one of the most gifted pitchers in Japan, with a fastball among the fastest in NPB and good secondary pitches. The issue is, ...

The 2019 Rugby World Cup organizing committee announced Monday it has officially launched the recruitment process for some 10,000 volunteers across 12 Japanese host cities for the tournament which kicks off Sept. 20. People wishing to volunteer at Asia's first Rugby World Cup have until ...

Arsene Wenger said he wasn't tired of managing Arsenal but quit after finding fan protests calling for his departure "hurtful" and damaging to the club's image. The 68-year-old Frenchman was initially reticent on Sunday to discuss the precise reason for his decision after 22 years ...

Yuya Kubo scored for Belgian Pro League side Gent in its 2-1 playoff loss away to Charleroi on Sunday. Returning to the starting lineup for the first time in six games, the 24-year-old netted in the 60th minute for his ninth goal of the season. Playing ...

Shohei Ohtani batted cleanup for the first time on Sunday, but Johnny Cueto struck him out twice and pitched six shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants' 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. After he struck out swinging twice against the Dominican right-hander, Ohtani ...