In his last official appearance at the annual ceremony commemorating the end of World War II, Emperor Akihito repeated his expression of “deep remorse” over the conflict.

A 2-year-old boy was found safe Wednesday after going missing for three days during a visit to the small island of Yashiro in western Japan, police said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skipped a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II in 1945. Abe has not visited the shrine for six consecutive years on Aug. 15, one of the most emotional and ...

Discount retailer Don Quijote has become a role model for other chain stores, defying Japan’s weak retail environment to report its 29th year of unbroken sales and profit growth.

As Tokyo's famous Shibuya district undergoes major redevelopments, Don Quijote Holdings Co. is joining the fray to add to the momentum. The operator of the popular Don Quijote discount chain said Monday that it plans to open its first high-rise complex, which will have stores, ...

Emperor Akihito, 84, was a 47-year-old crown prince on Aug. 7, 1981, when he faced reporters during a news conference in Tokyo. He was asked to comment on the upcoming Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan's surrender, which ended World War II in 1945. "I strongly feel ...

After a man was arrested in June for allegedly operating what appeared to be Japan's largest child pornography website, experts believe police are making progress in unmasking anonymous predators who engage in illegal and immoral activities on the darknet. Facing a huge challenge because of ...

A new study suggests that extroverts are paid more and 'agreeable' men get less.

We need to depart from the conventional thinking that a majority of learning takes place when we are young and mainly at school.

They aren't just acting tough; they really are tough. In an entertainment industry rife with crime shows, no one can supply villains quite like Takakura-gumi: Most of the talent agency's 62 members are former gangsters. Take Yoshidamaru, for example, a son of a yakuza boss with ...

Once a maker of Hollywood-style sci-fi ("Gunhed," 1989) and noir ("Painted Desert," 1993), Masato Harada has become a director of films about fact-based, character-testing group missions, be it police routing radicals from a Karuizawa villa ("The Choice of Hercules," 2002) or samurai fighting the ...

There's something about the playful, magical realist novels of Tomihiko Morimi that seems to lend itself to animated adaptations. Those adaptations include TV series like "The Tatami Galaxy" ("Yojohan Shinwa Taikei") and "The Eccentric Family" ("Uchoten Kazoku"), plus last year's film "The Night is ...

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them. "But then I had problems ...

Andres Iniesta scored for the second game running Wednesday as Vissel Kobe battled their way to an entertaining 1-1 draw with J. League leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Having opened his account with an eye-catching effort in Vissel's 2-1 win over Jubilo Iwata on Saturday, the Barcelona ...

Taisuke Yamaoka wasn't able to keep the Seibu Lions in the park, but he did limit them to two runs over six innings as he pitched the Orix Buffaloes to a 4-3 win over the Pacific League leaders on Wednesday. Yamaoka (3-10) had been working ...

Tyrod Taylor remembers winning the starting job, throwing touchdown passes and seeing die-hard fans standing in snow at Buffalo's airport on New Year's Eve to celebrate the end of a 17-year playoff drought. His three years with the Bills were special, filled with long-lasting memories. His ...

North and South Korean athletes played on the same team for the first time at the Asian Games, the world's biggest multisport event after the Olympics, on Wednesday, amid ongoing reconciliation efforts. In its debut match at the Asian Games, a women's basketball team comprised ...

Kenta Maeda was tagged with his eighth loss on Tuesday and first since being reassigned to relief duty as the Los Angeles Dodgers fell 2-1 to the San Francisco Giants. Maeda (7-8), coming on in relief for the first time since July 15, took the ...

The world of sumo has seen many changes over the past decade. Changes that have irrevocably altered the way fans — foreign-based ones in particular — view and interact with the sport. Before the current boom in popularity, sumo was finding it difficult to attract viewers. ...

Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the women's singles tournament at the Western & Southern Open after suffering a first-round defeat against Greece's Maria Sakkari on Tuesday. Despite slamming seven aces, Osaka was unable to capitalize on her opponent's four double faults and eventually succumbed ...

Former Japan international Keisuke Honda said Wednesday the offer to play for Australian soccer team Melbourne Victory kept him from retiring from the sport. Speaking for the first time from the headquarters of his new club, Honda said a conversation with his now-coach Kevin Muscat ...

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish appears to be on track for a minor-league rehab start after throwing strongly in a simulated game Tuesday as the right-hander continues to work through injuries to his pitching arm. Darvish faced two Cubs batters and threw 55 pitches over ...

Japan's Under-21 men's soccer team defeated Nepal 1-0 on Tuesday in Hajime Moriyasu's first match since being handed the extra responsibility of managing the senior Samurai Blue side last month. Midfielder Kaoru Mitoma, of University of Tsukuba, scored the game's only goal in the seventh ...