In September last year, a monster was discovered in London's sewers. Weighing about 130 metric tons and measuring 250 meters in length — longer than the city's Tower Bridge — a congealed mass of fat, oil, wet tissues, condoms and diapers was found blocking a ...

While Tokyo's Toyosu new wholesale food market is furnished with cutting-edge equipment for temperature and hygiene control, resultant high maintenance costs are seen as a potential problem amid increasing off-market trading. The new market opened Thursday, about two years later than initially scheduled due to ...

Hokkaido is trying to tempt back tourists from overseas in the wake of last month's massive earthquake, targeting vibrant Asian economies including Hong Kong. The hotel industry in Hokkaido is still reeling from the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that jolted the southwest of the prefecture on ...

The Nikkei 225 stock average ended down 915.18 points, with every industry category in the main section losing ground.

Yoshihide Suga responded tersely to an investigative report during a regular press briefing, referring to Abe’s past denial in the Diet of the allegation.

The government is considering allowing blue-collar foreign workers with certain skills to live permanently in the country with their families, as Japan struggles with a serious labor shortage amid a declining population, sources said Thursday. In what would represent a turning point for the country's ...

A Tokyo-based startup specializing in the business of recycling clothes is slated to proceed to the final stage of an annual global startup competition, scheduled to be held in San Francisco in May of next year. Jeplan Inc. won the Japan round of the Startup ...

The noisy clanging of bells that had once sounded at the famed Tsukiji market marked the first tuna auction for fishmongers at the Toyosu wholesale market Thursday at a newly built facility in Tokyo’s Koto Ward. The new market sprawls over some 40 hectares and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday South Korea will not lift sanctions on Pyongyang without U.S. approval, after the South Korean foreign minister softened earlier comments that some of its unilateral sanctions were under review. Trump's rejection of South Korea easing sanctions alone outlines ...

Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler ordered an operation targeting journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing for more than a week, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing U.S. intelligence intercepts. Khashoggi — a U.S. resident and one of the ...

The Kaga helicopter carrier is not the biggest, fastest or most powerful warship to sail the seas, but its 500 crew wage a daily war on dirt and grime to keep it the cleanest. At sunset each evening on a nine-day goodwill voyage from Indonesia ...

Kunio Kohori argued on June 20 that the Emperor is “now trying to crush Yasukuni Shrine” by not visiting it.

The Nov. 6 midterm elections will be felt far beyond the borders of the U.S. and will also carry important implications for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Chinese journalists and diplomats increasingly act as enforcers of rampant displays of Chinese nationalism abroad.

If the inclusion of Festival/Tokyo in Tokyo Festival's diverse program of performing arts is any indication, theater events in Tokyo have been evolving over the past decade or so. Festival/Tokyo was set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2009 to showcase the city's cutting-edge ...

Kensuke Tanaka's RBI single broke a 2-2 first-inning tie and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters held on to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-4 on Thursday. The Fighters, who finished third in the Pacific League, wrapped up their regular season with three straight wins. They ...

The Niigata Albirex BB employed a three-guard lineup in Thursday's series opener against the Akita Northern Happinets. Veterans Kei Igarashi and Shinsuke Kashiwagi started alongside combo guard Ryonosuke Watanabe, and the trio scored a combined 28 points in Niigata's 84-74 victory. Igarashi, who played on Japan's ...

Teenager Nasa Hataoka fired a seven-under-par 65 to secure a two-stroke lead in the first round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship on Thursday, with world No. 1 Park Sung-hyun another shot behind. Hataoka, who is 19 and on her second tour season but ranks ...

Former England captain John Terry took his first steps into coaching on Wednesday when he was named as right-hand man to new Aston Villa boss Dean Smith. The second-tier English club also appointed Jesus Garcia Pitarch as sporting director as the former European champions moved ...

With Tokyo playing host to the next Paralympic Games in 2020, the members of Japan's wheelchair rugby team, the reigning world champion, know they're in a unique position to promote the fast-paced, hard-hitting sport. The Japanese team clinched its first-ever world championship in August, knocking ...

As the B. League gains recognition on the global scale, the infusion of international players and coaches will continue to be vital. For instance, take a glance at the Levanga Hokkaido roster. Like their 17 top-division foes, the Levanga are looking to put a competitive team ...

Tomoaki Kanemoto decided to leave his role as Hanshin Tigers manager Thursday to take responsibility for the team's poor results, and owner Shinya Sakai has quickly followed suit, the team announced. Under Kanemoto, who was hired to manage in October 2015, the Tigers will ...