The Nepal pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka is pictured on July 17, 2025, ahead of its opening following construction ...

The Japan Football Association is considering bidding to host the 2046 World Cup men's tournament, sources familiar with the ...

Former ozeki Mitakeumi took an unexpected outright lead Friday with his sixth straight win at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament where yokozuna debutant Onosato and six other wrestlers sit a win behind.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday, with all eyes on possible discussions about a wide-ranging 25 percent U.S. tariff to be imposed on Japan in ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder that causes a ...

Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial on Friday to honor the 36 victims of the 2019 arson attack, with families renewing the ...

With the second season of "Kaiju No. 8" anime on the horizon, Masaya Fukunishi (voice of Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8), Nazeeh ...

Former Olympic figure skater Shoma Uno said Friday the second edition of his self-produced ice show will begin in November in Kyoto and go to four other places through January 2026.

A long-term Afghan resident of Japan has set up a free language school to help her more newly arrived countrywomen stay ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani revealed Thursday on Instagram that he has written a children's book ...

A man who served seven years in prison after being found guilty of the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was ...

Ichika Kajimoto won Japan's first medal of the world aquatics championships in Singapore, taking bronze in the women's ...