Having faced prejudice, a 76-year-old woman born to an Okinawan mother and a U.S. serviceman who left Japan before she was ...

Nearly 70 percent of executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's local chapters in Japan's 47 prefectures support ...

Japan's Satoshi Yoneda won an international competition in France for up-and-coming orchestra conductors on Saturday, beco ...

Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Zizou Bergs on Saturday and then ...

As Israeli troops bear down, the health care system in Gaza City is coming under fire and being pushed toward collap ...

The Kashima Antlers cruised to a 4-0 win at Nagoya Grampus in the J-League first division on Saturday as the leaders stretche ...

The SoftBank Hawks clinched back-to-back Pacific League pennants Saturday as their 4-1 win against the Seibu Lions gave ...

The truncated cone-shaped exterior of a civic hall in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto was modeled after the crest of ...

The Kumamoto Civic Auditorium, center, is seen from Kumamoto Castle in the city of Kumamoto, Aug. 16, 2025. In the foreground ...

Japanese pika, small animals that live only in high mountains in Hokkaido, are getting ready for winter on Mount Kurodake.

The first single malt Japanese whisky crafted in Kumamoto Prefecture is set to debut in October, and to celebrate the ...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974 asked about the possibility of drawing the Chinese military toward the ...