Two people were feared dead and four others were missing after heavy rain pounded northern parts of the main island of Kyushu ...

WASHINGTON--U.S. lawmakers from both parties are urging the Trump administration to maintain a three-way security partnership ...

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one person dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily ...

SEOUL--South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been arrested after a court late on Tuesday issued a warrant to ...

Police across Japan are using a new strategy to crack down on unlicensed taxi services—catching illegal taxis in the act at ...

In a game changer for the video game industry, Tokyo University of the Arts will establish a new graduate program in the ...

Kunishige Kamamoto, a Japanese soccer trailblazer who became the top scorer at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and led Japan to its historic bronze medal finish, died of pneumonia on Aug. 10. He was 81.

Japan's Nikkei gauge of blue-chip stocks powered to a record high on Tuesday, taking its cue from all-time peaks scaled by many global markets this year.

In the fall of 1945, an American priest named George Zabelka found himself lost in thought as he wandered through the ...

NAHA—The exterior of Shuri-jo Castle's main hall stands reborn once more with reconstruction complete and reporters visiting ...

The Cabinet Office has revised its guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information ...

The head of Sanseito, the rising opposition party with a “Japanese First” agenda, touted a message of support he received ...