Tickets priced at ¥4,000 or less will be available for most competitions, while more than half will be offered for under ¥8,000, organizers said.

The idea has emerged as the government is devising a new residential status to accept more foreign workers amid the shrinking working-age population.

This year's heat wave is again lethal, having already killed over 30 people and sent more than 10,000 to hospitals since July 9 due to heat exhaustion and heatstroke. The extreme weather continued to scorch Japan this week, with many cities seeing their highest-ever recorded ...

The move comes after the March death in Tokyo of Yua Funato, which shocked the public as the extent of abuse came to light.

As people in Japan treated themselves to grilled eel on a traditional eel-eating day Friday, many had to dish out more cash amid soaring prices for the endangered delicacy. The domestic catch of juvenile eels for cultivation dropped this season to the second-lowest level since ...

A jacket with built-in fans, a road coating that reins in heat, and factory mist sprayers were on offer at a three-day trade fair in Tokyo that wrapped up Friday as the capital struggles with record heat two years before it hosts the Summer ...

For decades, Hiroyasu Tagawa had no intentions of breaking his silence about the terrible experience he had as a child, having lived through the U.S. atomic bombing of his hometown of Nagasaki. He didn't want to relive his memories of Aug. 9, 1945, and its ...

On a Saturday in mid-April, a woman in her 50s sat on a bench munching a rice ball in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. She is one of several people interviewed that day who said they have family members or friends who are hikikomori ...

The country's underlying inflation rate edged up in June amid rising energy costs, government data showed Friday, though it continued to fall short of the Bank of Japan's 2 percent target. The nationwide core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, rose 0.8 ...

As recently as spring, the Abe administration was in disarray, weakened by what appeared to be an unstoppable flow of scandals and missteps.

The Tokyo District Court on Friday found Chikako Yamada, the former president of failed travel agency Tellmeclub, guilty of falsifying her company's financial records to fraudulently receive funding from two banks. She was sentenced to six years in prison. Yamada and her then-subordinate Toshiyuki Sasai ...

More Japanese are wearing sneakers to work as companies look to improve the health of their employees. In a country where rigid dress codes often place an emphasis on conformity, the sneaker trend can be seen as a breath of fresh air. Numerous kinds of sneakers ...

A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos. Researchers say that for the first time they have ...

The nations say such imports pose no threat to U.S. national security., a claim made by U.S. president Donald Trump.

Two pro-government villages in northwestern Syria were evacuated on Thursday, state television said, in an agreement between the Damascus government and insurgents who had laid siege to them for several years. In exchange, the government was due to release hundreds of prisoners from its jails. ...

Regulators accused Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. of misleading them as it sought approval to buy Tribune Media Co. — and sent their companies' proposed $3.9 billion merger to the uncertain future of a hearing. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission asked whether Sinclair was in fact ...

Farmers rushed to save their livelihoods as a wildfire roared through vast Oregon wheat fields Thursday and crushed their hopes at the peak of what was expected to be one of the most bountiful harvests in years. Farmers used water tanks on the backs of ...

Comcast Corp. dropped its $66 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.'s entertainment assets on Thursday but said it would still try to expand its international footprint by acquiring 61 percent of European broadcaster Sky PLC, the remainder of which is owned by Fox. Comcast's ...

Japanese automakers have fallen behind Germany in the development of autonomous driving technologies.

The U.S. trade deficit with Germany on vehicles shows why EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker's idea for a car-tariff deal is a non-starter.

The new Japan Ferry Pass 21 gives travellers to Japan a new way to explore the country both comfortably and affordably on Japan's revamped long-distance ferries.

Get down and dirty during the assault-course race at the Kashima Gatalympics, just be careful not to get stuck in the mud.

Screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto, who worked on a number of iconic Japanese films including Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai," has died of pneumonia at his home in Tokyo, his family said Friday. He was 100. Known for his style of exploring human nature through antitheses ...

Takahiro Shiomi and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles continued their strong runs on Friday in a 7-2 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions. Pitching in his sixth game of the season, the 29-year-old Shiomi (2-1), allowed two runs on seven hits. He struck out ...

Kazuto Ioka, who announced his retirement last December after winning world titles in three separate weight classes, said Friday he is returning to the ring. The 29-year-old will move his base to Los Angeles, where he is scheduled to fight a super flyweight bout on ...

Sekiwake Mitakeumi beat Goeido at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday to move within one win of his first top-level title. Mitakeumi (12-1) holds the sole lead after the 13th day of the 15-day meet at Dolphins Arena, with two wrestlers sitting two wins ...

Yuta Watanabe attracted positive attention during the Brooklyn Nets' five NBA Summer League Games in Las Vegas earlier this month. The prospective NBA player, who wrapped up his four years at George Washington University in the spring, showcased his 3-point shooting ability, defensive versatility, shot-blocking ...

Marquee signing Andres Iniesta trained with Vissel Kobe for the first time on Friday morning. The Barcelona legend looked to be in good spirits as he warmed up with teammates and took part in passing drills during the early part of the training session open ...