For leading food critic Masuhiro Yamamoto, sushi is part food, part theater, a dining experience unique among Japanese culinary traditions. From the closed-off tuna auctions of Tsukiji to the chefs who meticulously craft morsels of fish for loyal customers, each player has a role ...

UNICEF and major water and housing equipment maker Lixil Corp. announced on Thursday that they forged a partnership to address sanitation problems that put hundreds of children in danger every day. A joint agreement entitled "Make a splash! Toilets for Everyone!" aims to achieve one ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to fend off accusations that the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and declaring the U.S. will never recognize Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. As members of the ...

With "womenomics" often touted as a key policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the government has been working to increase women's participation in the workforce, politics and other areas in recent years. However, change has been slow in Japan, which ranked 114th in last year's ...

A former care worker killed 19 residents of the facility and injured 26 others in 2016, shocking the nation.

The prosecutor’s office also indicted on Tuesday the former director-general of the ministry’s science and technology bureau, as well as two former executives of Tokyo Medical University.

The prison cell had no air-conditioning, and the temperature at floor level was found to be 34 degrees shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Some speculate the Justice Ministry wanted to draw a curtain on the shocking crimes before the end of the Heisei Era, set for next April.

The Reconstruction Agency is launching an initiative in the hopes of drawing LGBT tourists to the Tohoku region as it looks to attract more foreign visitors. The agency believes that tourism information can quickly spread throughout the LGBT community once the region, which was devastated ...

The JCPOA represents a model for crisis resolution through diplomacy; its death will mean killing the hope that negotiations can resolve other regional crises.

Europeans can no longer assume that their interests are synonymous with those of the U.S.

The news of Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar returning to Fuji Rock, one of Japan's most celebrated music festivals, was met with excitement from hip-hop fans here as soon as it was announced in February. To leverage the hype ahead of the festival, Universal ...

Yusei Kikuchi went nine innings, setting up an extra-inning win as Tomoya Mori's pinch-hit sayonara double lifted the Seibu Lions to 2-1 triumph over the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday. Kikuchi lucked out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the second and then cruised until Koji ...

The Japan Football Association on Thursday asserted its days of reliance on foreign managers was over by naming Japan Olympic squad head coach Hajime Moriyasu to also manage the senior national team. The 49-year-old Moriyasu, who in October took over as head coach of the ...

Journeyman Kazuya "J." Hatano was a steady contributor during the Osaka Evessa dynasty years. The hard-working forward earned a trio of championship rings as part of the bj-league's first powerhouse team under bench boss Kensaku Tennichi. Nearly a decade later, Hatano is still collecting a paycheck ...

Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani all homered in the same game for the first time, and the Los Angeles Angels routed Chicago White Sox 11-3 on Wednesday night. Pujols passed Ken Griffey Jr. for sixth place on the career list with his 631st ...

Fascinated by the contact sport of kabaddi, a middle school and a high school in Saitama Prefecture beat a succession of collegiate teams this year to win the national student championship after learning the rules and tactics from scratch. Seven years ago, Jiyunomori Gakuin Junior ...