A building housing the health ministry is seen in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district in this file photo. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) ...

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan will be halted just days after becoming the first one to restart in the region since ...

Masayuki Kuwahara led the DeNA BayStars to their first Japan Series baseball title since 1998 and third in franchise history ...

Perhaps for the first time since he left Japan to try his hand at Major League Baseball in 2020, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo truly ...

The Japanese government is unlikely to submit an envisioned bill to enhance cybersecurity capabilities by year-end, a ...

The pre-series favorite SoftBank Hawks faced a devastating end to their season Sunday, losing the Japan Series to the DeNA ...

This photo taken in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 10, 2024, shows the text of the ruling handed down to the woman who attempted ...

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KITAKYUSHU -- An upscale restaurant built in this southwest Japan city amid the booming times of the coal industry is packed ...

Japan's Wakaba Higuchi topped the free skate but finished runner-up to overall women's individual winner Amber Glenn of the ...

The younger brother of Megumi Yokota, an iconic victim among Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, urged ...

South Korea's military said it held joint air drills Sunday with the United States and Japan, three days after North Korea ...