Seven-Eleven Japan Co. will open two convenience stores at the World Exposition in Osaka starting Sunday to showcase what it ...

What stood out for Japan was the low level of satisfaction with quality of life. Only 13% of Japanese pollees answered that ...

The smartphone ownership rate among fourth to sixth graders in the Kanto region that includes the Japanese capital has ...

A faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies has been established this academic year in central Japan's Fukui Prefecture -- widely ...

Kaito Kozono had four RBIs as the Hiroshima Carp racked up their biggest run total so far this season in a 12-3 win against ...

The Niigata City Board of Education is starting to serve school lunch to every student at all municipal junior high schools ...

The head of a local geisha supporters' group in this northeastern Japan city has sparked controversy by saying, ...

The spate of high court rulings in Japan that homosexual individuals being disallowed from having their partnerships legally ...

Lightning struck a school field in Nara on the evening of April 10, sending six students to hospital, including one in ...

An unlucky double-bogey on the 13th spoiled a solid first round for Hideki Matsuyama at the Masters Tournament on Thursday ...

Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday notified its 12 clubs that players can use so-called torpedo bats in regular-season ...

Tokyo stocks ended Friday morning down over 4 percent after the Nikkei briefly shed nearly 2,000 points, as shares were sold ...