WASHINGTON--Cybersecurity investigators noticed a highly unusual software crash — it was affecting a small number of ...

KITAYAMA, Wakayama Prefecture--Thrill-seekers take note: The season for white water rafting on the Kitayamagawa river is now ...

A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China ...

Beyond Yamashina, a district in southeastern Kyoto, I reached Nanzenji, a venerable Zen Buddhist temple. There, within the ...

Once dismissed as outdated and having little value, kimono from the postwar era are now being re-evaluated for their rich ...

The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan ...

WASHINGTON--Japan and the United States failed to find common ground in their fifth round of talks on Washington’s high ...

The Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival, a summer treat last held in 2015, is returning next year as part of a special ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariffs levied on imports are tossing the world around and leading to irreversible global ...

The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank ...

Shigeo Nagashima, a true giant in Japanese baseball and one of the country’s most popular athletes, died of pneumonia at a ...

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--City authorities gave the go-ahead for trial balloon rides at ancient burial grounds here from early ...