Former professional baseball player and manager Sadaharu Oh is among eight people who will receive the Order of Culture this ...

Reducing the number of Diet seats has been a major topic in policy talks between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the ...

Franmil Reyes went 3 for 4 with a pair of two-run home runs as the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters stayed alive in the Pacific ...

Visitors to Aoshima Island, a tourist destination in Miyazaki City, can now enjoy special nighttime attractions for a limited ...

The Japanese and Malaysian governments signed on Friday a memorandum for jointly promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The prefectural government of Fukushima has held an event at a Japanese restaurant in New York to promote sake, “shochu” ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit the first leadoff homer by a pitcher in major league history after striking out three ...

Shohei Ohtani has propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages. Add ...

A group of residents of the Toge district of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was struck by two major earthquakes, plans to ...

Although Japan’s birthrate is falling rapidly, the domestic toy market is expanding at an unprecedented rate.

Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Friday it will likely shut down the No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi ...

Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi is highly likely to become the next prime minister after the Japan ...