An icy winter has transformed the tall trees of the Zao mountain range into wonderous snow sculptures, known as “juhyo,” or ...

The iconic Doctor Yellow, a brightly colored train that has patrolled the Shinkansen tracks for 24 years, arrived at Tokyo ...

NAGASAKI--Around 15,000 colorful lanterns have bathed the city of Nagasaki in dazzling color and light as the 30th Nagasaki ...

Iwao Hakamata, a former boxer who was acquitted of murder charges after spending decades on death row, is seeking about 217 ...

OSAKA—The Osaka High Court on Jan. 30 overturned a ruling by the Osaka District Court not to disclose documents related to the falsification of official records concerning the sale of state-owned land ...

NAGANO--A 46-year-old unemployed man was arrested Jan. 26 in connection with a suspected random stabbing attack outside a ...

The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a ...

Japan will not take part in a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty conference in New York in March as an observer, said Prime ...

As a taxi driver escorted three Australians into JR Yuzawa Station's tourist information center here, an employee was hit ...

A Japanese restaurant in Dubai frequented by Arab royalty will hold a beef fair featuring cuts from a championship cow that sold for 30.32 million yen ($194,000) at auction in Japan.

SEOUL--An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in ...

Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan. 29 filled the void by ...