Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue comfortably retains the undisputed super bantamweight world championship with a ...

A Chinese court sentences a man to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September, Japan's ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continues his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, upsetting ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data show that the ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

U.S. federal prosecutors demand a prison term of four years and nine months for Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said in in an interview aired Jan. 23 that he intends to reengage with North Korean leader Kim ...

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesd ...

Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.