One of the most powerful earthquakes to rock the Kansai region in decades struck Osaka and neighboring prefectures Monday morning, leaving at least four people dead and more than 300 injured. The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.1 and registered lower 6 on the ...

South Koreans are much more optimistic than Japanese people about the prospects for North Korean denuclearization, an annual survey showed Monday, as a series of summits this year have led to a dramatic defusing of tensions. Over 60 percent of South Korean respondents believed the ...

Sushi chef Soshu Yoshiyama got a rude awakening at 7:58 a.m. Monday when his home in the town of Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, was buffeted by strong, vertical jolts the likes of which he had never experienced before. He said he thought the earthquake lasted about ...

Japan Display Inc. has been on a rough road for the past four business years, during which the Tokyo-based display manufacturing giant has faced an uphill battle in smartphone panel markets and ended each year with a net loss. Last year was especially devastating, with ...

While details of the fault movements behind the fatal quake have yet to be determined, it struck in an area where active faults are concentrated.

Discount retailer Don Quijote Holdings Co. Ltd expects to hit its ¥1 trillion ($9.05 billion) sales target in the next financial year, a year earlier than forecast, a senior executive said Monday. "We have progressed to where we can pull (the target) forward," said Mitsuo ...

Indicator rose at the fastest rate in four months thanks to increased shipments of cars, car parts and semiconductor equipment, a sign that global demand is gaining strength.

The National Police Agency said in early June that interrogations of crime suspects were fully recorded in 81.9 percent of all the 3,197 cases tried by lay judges in fiscal 2017, up from 72.8 percent the year before. The data were released ahead of June ...

An estimated 1.3 million Japanese aged 15 to 64 have used marijuana, surpassing those abusers of paint thinner and other inhalants for the first time, a survey by The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry shows. The center, based in the western Tokyo suburb of ...

When asked to imagine a typical image of white-collar workers in Japan, salarymen in suits may come to mind. On the flip side, people in work wear tend to be associated with less flattering stereotypes of blue-collar jobs, dubbed the "3K" — which stands for ...

Yasumasa Shibuya, 47, committed a “cold-blooded, heinous and cruel” crime in abducting, sexually assaulting and strangling Le Thi Nhat Linh, prosecutors said at a hearing at Chiba District Court.

Scenes from social media of the powerful earthquake that struck the Osaka area at 7:58 a.m. Monday morning. M6.1 Osaka earthquake June 18, 2018

The post-Korean War framework that laid the foundation for the region's peace and prosperity may soon unravel.

The Singapore summit has left Tokyo in a difficult position.

China's fear of losing North Korea to the Americans has receded.

China? Russia? No one?

Automakers are engaged in an evolutionary struggle, and only the fittest will survive.

Environmental groups slam Japan and America’s failure to sign a G7 document setting targets for mitigating the increasingly serious problem of plastic waste in the ocean.

It's been said time and again: 日本人は英語がダメ (Nihonjin wa Eigo ga dame, The Japanese are terrible at English). In spite of the strong emphasis on 英語教育 (Eigo kyōiku, English education) instilled in a rigorous school system and the numerous 英会話学校 (Eikaiwa gakkō, English conversation schools) ...

Just over a week before a new law for minpaku (private lodging services) goes into effect, the popular rental website Airbnb has dropped nearly 80 percent of its listings for the services over the past three months.

Japan-based supporters of Group G teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called Sunday for a larger focus on conflict prevention rather than responding to its repercussions, during a visit to Iraq with the U.N. refugee agency. "I hope that we can find the strength to find a better way forward together: so ...

Nick Fazekas could be a difference-maker for the Akatsuki Five, who are desperate for a win in the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers. The 33-year-old big man donned the jersey of the Japan men's national team for the first time during a two-game exhibition series ...

Early on during Mike Bolsinger's latest start for the Chiba Lotte Marines, catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura noticed his pitcher shaking his head a little every now and then and didn't quite know what to make of it. "I thought it was kind of weird," Tamura joked ...

Having won a slew of trophies with Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow, this World Cup is a happy homecoming of sorts for Keisuke Honda. Honda, who joined CSKA in January 2010, helped the team win back-to-back first-division titles in 2013 and 2014. It also captured two ...

One was about power. The other was about patience. Brooks Koepka has a game for the U.S. Open no matter the course, no matter the test, no matter the circumstances. He never lost hope when he began his title defense with a 75 and was 7-over ...

APBrazil joined the list of big teams struggling to win their opening matches at the World Cup in Russia. The five-time champion was held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland on Sunday, a few hours after four-time champion Germany was beaten by Mexico 1-0. Serbia got ...

Kazuki Nakajima drove his Toyota to victory on Sunday in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, giving the top spot on the podium to a Japanese manufacturer for the first time since 1991. Nakajima and co-drivers Sebastien Buemi and Fernando Alonso made 388 laps at ...

Defending champions Germany crashed to defeat in their first game at the World Cup on Sunday as an enterprising Mexico refused to be intimidated by history and ran out 1-0 winners in a thrilling Group F opener. A shaky warmup campaign had called into question ...