The court made the decision partly because it determined there was no risk of evidence tampering, legal experts have said.

In the quarterly outlook, the BOJ stuck to its view that the economy will continue to expand moderately as a trend.

Junichiro Koizumi is regarded as the most accomplished politician of the Heisei Era, according to one survey.

Kim Jong Un sought Vladimir Putin's help in resolving troubles on the divided Korean Peninsula, holding his first summit with the Russian leader on Thursday as he tried to find a way out of his nuclear stalemate with U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin and Kim ...

Japan is considering strengthening regulations against corporate IT giants like Amazon.com and Google LLC.

Mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. and Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. said Thursday they will jointly set up airborne mobile phone base stations, using balloons and aircraft in the stratosphere, to cover wider areas for next-generation 5G wireless services. SoftBank's year-old HAPSMobile and Alphabet's Loon, ...

Electric Power Development Co., also known as J-Power, said Wednesday that it will scale down a project to build a coal-fired thermal power plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture with two partners. J-Power, Osaka Gas Co. and Ube Industries Ltd. made the decision in light of international ...

Police on Thursday conducted a raid on offices of Japan Life Co., a bankrupt company suspected of having engaged in a fraudulent rental business, for allegedly failing to inform a customer in 2017 about its excessive debts when concluding a contract, an investigative source ...

He said his wish is to see society discuss the issue so similar accidents will not be repeated.

Sri Lankan authorities swept up more people, including foreigners, for questioning on Thursday as they probed deeper into the Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 359 people in potentially the deadliest operation claimed by Islamic State. Police said an Egyptian and several Pakistanis were among those ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has moved on to the second and third legs of his six-nation European and North American tour with stops in Italy and Slovakia, where he met with the leaders of those two countries and others on Wednesday. In Rome, Abe and ...

North Korea recently tested a "new tactical guided weapon" and criticized U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, signaling impatience with America's refusal to lift sanctions. Pyongyang's freeze on nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches is still intact, although the most dangerous parts of these weapons ...

Last Sunday's local elections saw the largest number of female assembly and mayoral candidates being elected ever.

The Islamic State has morphed into an web-based organization fueling cells and attacks across the globe.

If you don't have any plans for Golden Week, what would you have done? And what do you recommend other people do?

The Okinawa International Movie Festival has never been just about movies — or even Okinawa. Held from April 18 to 22, the 11th edition was a showcase for the talents of sponsor Yoshimoto Kogyo — an Osaka-based agency that supplies Japanese TV with many ...

Snarky Puppy is back with a new album, "Immigrance," and is currently on a world tour. Bassist and band-leader Michael League talks to The Japan Times about Grammy success, why "Immigrance" is likely to be the band's last studio album and what to expect ...

Tetsuto Yamada and Wladimir Balentien each hit a pair of home runs, while Norichika Aoki went 4-for-4, as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows hammered the Yomiuri Giants 11-2 on Thursday. Former major leaguer Albert Suarez got the win in his first start for the Swallows. The ...

Kei Nishikori swept into the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-1 6-3 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime on Thursday. The seventh-ranked star, eliminated in the second round in Monte Carlo last week, broke the Canadian teenager, ranked 31st, in the opening game of the ...

The Sunwolves are hoping another full house at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground can spur them on to play for the full 80 minutes and beat the Highlanders on Friday night, in a game that is set to feature a number of matchups between ...

Looking down at the sea of dark blue seats that frame one of Nippon Professional Baseball's smallest playing fields, one thing becomes clear: For the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, the ballpark, and the myriad experiences it offers those who take in a game, is their ...

With the long season now over, Ice Time has collated a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters during the 2018-19 campaign. The list places a priority on results in major competitions like the world championships, Grand Prix Final and national championships, ...

Ryota Murata will get a shot at redemption when he faces WBA middleweight champion Rob Brant in a rematch on July 12 in Osaka, Teiken gym announced Thursday. Murata lost the middleweight crown to Brant of the United States by unanimous decision in his ...

Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa ensured they would win a third straight mixed doubles medal at the World Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday when they advanced to the semifinals. The defending champions beat Slovakia's Lubomir Pistej and Barbora Balazova 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 ...

Niigata Albirex BB coach Kazuhiro Shoji has been in an enviable position throughout the season. Since the Albirex opener in October, Shoji hasn't had a legitimate reason to make wholesale changes to his starting lineup. Instead, the names of veteran guards Kei Igarashi and Shinsuke Kashiwagi, ...

Japan Fencing Federation president Yuki Ota has been known as an innovator in the sport since taking over his leadership post in 2017. But he has recently hammered out another unprecedented, astounding initiative. On Thursday, the national governing body announced that an English proficiency exam will ...