TOKYO -- Seven people including members of "Chinese Dragon," a loosely organized quasi crime syndicate, were arrested on Sept ...

Kazuma Okamoto hit his 25th home run to back an eight-inning gem by Shosei Togo as the Yomiuri Giants beat the DeNA BayStars ...

The assembly of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan on Thursday unanimously adopted a no-confidence motion against Gov.

A shinkansen stopped on a route between Tokyo and northeastern Japan, the railway operator JR East said Thursday, with the ...

Nippon Professional Baseball received an official warning on Thursday that its rules regarding player agents may be illegal.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's fund management body donated a total of 100 million yen (approx. $700,000) to the Liberal ...

The Japanese government is nearing a decision to abandon its plan to submit a bill by year-end that would help Rapidus Corp.

No. 7 maegashira Wakatakakage handed sole leader Onosato his first loss on Thursday, the 12th day of the Autumn Grand Sumo ...

The Bank of Japan began a two-day policy meeting Thursday amid growing expectations that the central bank would keep interest ...

A Japanese communication equipment maker said Thursday that walkie-talkies which simultaneously exploded in Lebanon the previ ...

Shohei Ohtani took a small step toward becoming Major League Baseball's first player with 50 home runs and 50 steals in a se ...