The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall under 700,000 for the first time after government data show that the ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

U.S. federal prosecutors demand a prison term of four years and nine months for Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said in in an interview aired Jan. 23 that he intends to reengage with North Korean leader Kim ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu hands overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the wrestler from ...

China says no abnormalities were found in seawater samples it independently collected near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi ...

Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesd ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a partner of Nissan Motor Co., will not join a planned merger between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. that could potentially create the world's third-largest auto group, according ...