The Japan Meteorological Agency declared the effective end of the rainy season in the Kanto-Koshin region including Tokyo on Friday, the earliest such announcement for the region since observations started in 1951. The announcement came 22 days earlier than the average year and seven days ...

He also agreed with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to strive for the removal of all of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

The bill ushers in a legally binding overtime cap and exempts skilled white-collar employees from work-time regulations.

Japanese and Polish soccer fans were left with mixed feelings Friday morning, after Japan's World Cup game against Poland — the last in the tournament's group stage — showcased not only the Samurai Blue's teamwork and fair play but a passive approach that almost ...

Although the overall impact is difficult to measure, some predict that it has already increased consumption on a scale of billions of yen.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Japan in early July for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following his trip to North Korea, a Japanese government source said Friday. The two governments are arranging a stopover for Pompeo in Japan possibly on July ...

The unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in more than 25 years in May as companies ramped up hiring amid solidifying economic conditions, government data showed Friday. That's positive news for the Bank of Japan as it struggles to generate 2 percent inflation. The rate ...

A Japanese-American born in a California internment camp during World War II is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump's travel restrictions that mostly target individuals from several Muslim-majority countries. "It's easy to issue a presidential order, but it would take many, many years to ...

In what appeared to be one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history, a man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists at a newspaper in Maryland's capital Thursday, killing five people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested ...

Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people's grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives. "The industry was so backward," he says. "I ...

On the South Korean island of Jeju, a tourist hot spot famed for blue waters and sandy beaches, Lee Hyang is angry. The target of her wrath? More than 500 asylum-seekers from war-torn Yemen looking for a safe place to live and work. Lee, who leads ...

Nintendo Co. has resumed sales in Japan of a smaller, palm-sized version of its 35-year-old popular Famicom game console, in response to requests from fans for its revival. Many stores in Japan sold out of the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer console after its initial ...

Princess Mako's fiance, Kei Komuro, plans to study law in the United States from the summer, sources said Thursday, after the couple postponed their marriage. But the sources said the 26-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, and Komuro — a commoner of the same age ...

The decision reflects the parties’ consensus that there must be redress soon for the victims, who are advanced in age, without waiting for court decisions.

Despite the positive attitudes people have toward dogs and cats and other pets, many of these companion animals lead miserable lives.

Media apprehension about lowering the legal age of majority has been wildly overblown.

Resplendent with pristine beaches, clear blue waters and outdoor activities aplenty, the Ogasawara Islands are a relaxing "Japan away from Japan."

Masanobu Fukuda's pinch-hit single capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, lifting the Chunichi Dragons to a 4-3 triumph over the Yomiuri Giants on Friday. The Giants led 2-1 after eight innings of a scintillating pitchers' duel between veteran right-handers Shun Yamaguchi of the Giants and Kazuki ...

The Sunwolves are looking to beat the same side twice straight and prove inconsistency is a thing of the past when they take on the Pretoria-based Bulls on Saturday at National Stadium. The Japan's Super Rugby franchise won 21-20 in Tokyo in April 2017, the ...

There are two ways of looking at England's 1-0 defeat by Belgium. Finishing second in Group H meant that on Tuesday, England plays Colombia with the prospect of either Switzerland or Sweden for the winner. Group winner Belgium meets Japan on Monday and the ...

Nasa Hataoka got off to a solid start with a 3-under 69 Thursday, trailing first-round leader Park Sung-hyun of South Korea by three shots at the Women's PGA Championship, the third of five majors on the LPGA Tour. Four days after winning her maiden LPGA ...

It was not pretty, but Japan did what was necessary to survive at the World Cup. If the Samurai Blue can make history by beating Belgium on Monday to reach the quarterfinals for the first time, the rather undignified end to Thursday's 1-0 loss ...

Nice guys don't necessarily finish last at the World Cup. Fair play, a newly implemented tiebreaker in the group stage of the world's biggest soccer tournament, was put into use for the first time Thursday and Japan came out as the beneficiary. Despite losing 1-0 to ...