A junior high school student in Iwate Prefecture was arrested after allegedly spraying bear repellent at students after the ...

A project is underway to reconstruct stone markers donated late in life by 19th-century Japanese explorer Matsuura Takeshiro ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a new leadership lineup for the ruling Liberal ...

The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful applicant under a new recruitment program for people ...

An Asian black bear was captured on a wildlife observation camera walking on Mount Takao in the western Tokyo city of ...

The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, a major watermelon-producing ...

Japan's farm ministry on Friday began procedures to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish government reserves drawn down ...

Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country's first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually ...

Munetaka Murakami broke out of a slump with a three-run homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win over the Detroit ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump to have talks on ...

New sekiwake Fujinokawa stunned ozeki Aonishiki, handing the Ukrainian star his third straight defeat at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tourna ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance banning littering, as trash left in downtown entertainment ...