A video appearing to show a male student assaulting another male student at a Tochigi Prefecture high school was posted on X ...

China decided Tuesday to tighten its controls on exports of dual-use items to Japan, the Commerce Ministry said, with rare ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 rattled western Japan on Tuesday, with no tsunami warning issued, according ...

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Traffic accidents left 2,547 people dead in Japan in 2025, marking the lowest figure since comparable data became available ...

Japanese pitcher Tatsuya Imai expressed his hopes of winning the World Series with the Houston Astros as he was officially ...

Speed skater Wataru Morishige will be one of Japan's two flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter ...

The heads of Japan's major business groups on Tuesday expressed hope for dialogue with China as bilateral ties remain ...

In her first press conference of the year on Jan. 5, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed her determination to ...

An international team including the National Cancer Center Japan analyzed trends in early-onset cancers diagnosed in 44 ...

Japan's key stock indexes closed at all-time highs on Tuesday as buying was spurred amid expectations that U.S. companies ...

The Japanese government is considering submitting a revised regional transportation bill to the next regular Diet session as ...