Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions being handed out a major ...

Azu Fujisaki, a 17-year-old member of the Japanese idol group Heroines Research Students, has been dismissed from the group ...

With the death of Tatsuya Nakadai at age 92 in Tokyo on Nov. 8, the world lost the last of Japan’s golden-age movie stars and one of cinema’s greatest actors. A mighty foil to the screen giant Toshiro ...

For now, there is absolutely no evidence that the rise in Japanese asset prices — both stocks and real estate — is feeding a ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami ...

The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump for a misleading edit in his speech in a Panorama documentary. However, new claims ...

Fueled by the global rise of Hallyu and the rapid international expansion of Korean consumer goods, Kang Kyung-sung, ...

Global streaming giant Disney+ flexxed its robust line-up of titles for 2026 during a press preview held in Hong Kong ...

Japan Marine United, a Japanese shipbuilding company, has launched the first two of a planned fleet of 12 offshore patrol ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

Britain's public broadcaster has apologized to US President Donald Trump for the editing of his speech in a documentary aired ...

A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing ...