Former yokozuna Hakuho, who won a record 45 top-division championships, will retire from the Japan Sumo Association on June 9 ...

Japan's revenue from a departure tax collected from travelers in fiscal 2024 hit a record high amid an influx in the number of visitors, the Finance Ministry says.

Iran plans to reject a proposal from the United States for a nuclear agreement, viewing it as "not balanced," a diplomatic ...

The mayor of Nagasaki says he is considering how to respond to Taiwan's request to attend this year's ceremony marking the ...

A Japanese social media personality has been arrested for allegedly extorting a man out of 3 million yen ($21,000) in ...

As the final siren signals an end to this year's Japan Rugby League One final, victorious man-of-the-match Richie Mo'unga ...

As atomic bomb survivors age and fewer are able to share their experiences, attention has turned to surviving trees as silent witnesses.

A commercial whaling ship returned to a port in northeastern Japan on Monday carrying 25 fin whales taken in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up four runs on seven hits in 3-2/3 innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 7-3 loss to the New York ...

At 52,265 gross tons and 230 meters long, the Yokohama-based Asuka III will be the largest passenger ship in the Japanese fleet. It will be decorated with frescoes by Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju, ...

Japanese rookie Rio Takeda finished tied for second at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday as overnight leader Maja Stark of ...

Japanese universities have obtained a total of around 2.7 billion yen ($19 million) over nine years since the Defense ...