The following are key campaign pledges made by major Japanese political parties for the House of Councillors election on July ...

URAYASU, Chiba -- Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR)'s special summer program "Summer Cool-off" began July 2 with a surprise ...

Shota Imanaga gave up three runs, all on solo homers, but earned the win as the Chicago Cubs came from behind to down the ...

A woman from Myanmar who had worked for a ramen restaurant in Japan has sued its Tokyo-based operating company demanding some ...

Official campaigning began in Japan on Thursday for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial test for Prime ...

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Clayton Kershaw got his 3,000th strikeout and Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth inning by singled in Shohei Ohtani, ...

A Bank of Japan board member said on Thursday the central bank is pausing interest rate hikes for now but should resume them ...

Japan's former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka eased past Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 in the women's singles ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday defended his party's plan to distribute cash handouts as a quick way to help ...

Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia's resort i ...

Tokyo stocks fell slightly Thursday morning, weighed down by a decline of the Dow Jones index as weaker-than-expected U.S.