The Kyoto Prefecture city of Kameoka celebrated "Dog Day" on Nov. 1 with a charming new mayor -- a Golden retriever named ...

Saki Sudo is charged with causing 77-year-old Kosuke Nozaki to ingest a lethal amount of an illegal stimulant drug on May 24, ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon series "Peanuts" and ...

U.S. President Joe Biden's third face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping took place as widely expected, ...

The leaders of the Group of 20 economies begin a two-day meeting in Brazil to address global challenges, including geopolitical conflicts and climate change, ahead of Donald Trump's return as U.S.

Japan and Britain agree to launch a new framework for dialogue between their economic and foreign ministers to discuss trade, ...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2025 ballot featuring 14 newly eligible candidates, including former ...

Japan completed its unbeaten run in the opening round of the Premier12 baseball tournament Monday with an 11-3 rout of the ...

A proposal by Yamanashi Prefecture to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji has been given up amid ...

Former Major League Baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez said Monday that Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is the ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu reeled off another commanding victory Monday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament as the leading pack was ...

The Bank of Japan will continue to raise its policy rate from the current level of around 0.25 percent if the economy and ...