Eight of the 125 successful candidates in the July House of Councillors election believe Japan should arm itself with nuclear ...

Bandai Co.'s digital pet Tamagotchi, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026, is experiencing a new wave of ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly f ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday reaffirmed that next year's defense budget is set to exceed 3 percent of gross ...

Yusei Kikuchi held the Tampa Bay Rays to a run over six innings to earn the win as the Los Angeles Angels came from beh ...

A municipal assembly in Saitama Prefecture passed a resolution by majority vote urging an independent councilor to refrain ...

The annual National High School Baseball Championship is kicking off Aug. 5 at the famed Koshien stadium in Hyogo Prefecture ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) has revised its schedule for decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ...

Japan on Tuesday logged a new national record temperature of 41.8 C in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, exceeding the previous high ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce Tuesday a major shift in rice policy -- from curbing output to boosting it -- ...

Drought brought by a heatwave and light rainfall this summer have adversely affected rice plants, orchard trees, vegetables ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Tuesday, boosted by easing concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown amid speculation the U.S. Federal ...