The Yamanashi Prefectural Government will consider raising the toll for Mount Fuji's Yoshida Trail, which was introduced this ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan's House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for an Oct. 27 ...

Shigeru Ishiba's election as the ruling party leader triggered a plunge in Tokyo shares late last month, but conditions may ...

A home remodeling firm that apparently fixed a Tokyo suburban residence that was recently robbed had been the subject of ...

Japanese prosecutors do not plan to appeal the recent acquittal in the retrial of a former professional boxer who was ...

As it currently stands, it cannot be said that the Japanese people are being given much to make up their minds going into the ...

Japan's judo governing body decided on the first female head coach of its women's national team Wednesday, more than 10 years ...

Japan manager Hirokazu Ibata named Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto and Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hiroto Takahashi to his ...

Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League wants to be the best of the best, drawing national team players from around the ...

A 23-year-old woman has been given a letter of thanks by the police for subduing a man in a headlock while he was trying to ...

A two-month test using special buses with dedicated luggage space has begun in this north Japan city, aiming to alleviate con ...

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has made a new takeover offer to Seven & i Holdings Co. worth ...