Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title Sunday when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a ...

A powerful new video from Tokushima captures the struggles of guide dog users, from being turned away at restaurants to ...

Komeito and the Japanese Communist Party, both long-established political parties, are facing dire conditions. In July’s ...

Sunday marked one month since strong earthquakes that reached lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale hit Akusekijima ...

Crowds cheer as ornate 5-meter-tall floats parade through the streets of Aomori City on Saturday, when the five-day Nebuta ...

In Shiga Prefecture, there are many tea-producing areas including Asamiya and Tsuchiyama in Koka, and Mandokoro in Higashiomi ...

Sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu broke 10 seconds in the men’s 100 meters for the second time in his career on Sunday, a performance ...

About 390 people took part in a calligraphy event in which calligraphers displayed their skills in the traditional Japanese ...

Four male workers in their 50s died after falling down a manhole on Saturday morning at a sewer pipe inspection site in Gyoda ...

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has taken part in a multinational tabletop space defense exercise in Australia aimed at ...

A technology for quality inspection developed by a Hamamatsu-based company is being used for fly control in the island nation ...

Temperatures continued to rise across the country on Sunday, with many places recording over 35 C. A high of 39.3 C was ...