A teacher has been suspended indefinitely from supervising a high school soccer powerhouse for failing to protect team ...

The 28-year-old mayor of the western Japan city of Ashiya has been picked as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential ...

Japan's transport ministry on Wednesday ordered 111 post offices across the nation to stop using light vans for parcel and ...

Japan's average temperature in September marked the third highest since comparable data became available in 1898 and the ...

The finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries agreed Wednesday to intensify pressure on Russia's oil exports in an ...

The Japanese government introduced stricter rules governing the conversion of foreign driver's licenses on Wednesday, with ...

If a U.S. government shutdown goes on long enough, it could throw a wrench in travel plans, potentially leading to longer ...

This city east of Tokyo is one of the country's leading Japanese pear-producing regions, but the searing heat of recent ...

Starting as early as next spring, emergency contraceptive pills to prevent unwanted pregnancies will be available at ...

A new luxury hotel opened in Nagoya on Wednesday, with standard room prices as high as 3.75 million yen ($25,000) per night, ...

A brown bear and one of its cubs were shot and killed in the woodlands in this north Japan city's Minami Ward, the Sapporo ...

The tide has turned against a traditional winter swimming event off eastern Japan's Chiba Prefecture, which is set to end ...