Starting as early as next spring, emergency contraceptive pills to prevent unwanted pregnancies will be available at ...

The 28-year-old mayor of the western Japan city of Ashiya has been picked as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential ...

Under bright lights at Mongolia's national stadium in Ulaanbaatar, Namsraijav Batsuuri grapples fiercely to defend his title ...

A brown bear and one of its cubs were shot and killed in the woodlands in this north Japan city's Minami Ward, the Sapporo ...

Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs apiece, Blake Snell struck out nine over seven strong innings and the ...

J-League second-division outfit Ventforet Kofu announced the lifting Tuesday of a ban on new player registrations imposed on ...

Hoshino Resorts Inc. is set to launch a museum in a converted prison in the city of Nara in April 2026, the company has ...

Mihama, a small town in Mie Prefecture facing the Kumano Sea, and the Republic of Nauru, a small island nation approximately ...

A woman in her 70s was fatally stabbed at an apartment on Tuesday in the suburbs of Tokyo, police said, with a man arrested ...

The next president of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely become Japan's next prime minister, despite the ...

Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers improved to 14 in September from 13 three months earlier, helped by a ...

Spain's world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz emerged triumphant at his first Japan Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Taylor Fritz of the ...