Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, which affect the respiratory tract, have hit a weekly record high in Japan, the National ...

A man serving a life sentence for killing a girl in 2004 was handed a fresh arrest warrant Nov. 27 on suspicion of fatally ...

The final of the Japan Football Championship, known as the Emperor's Cup, was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on ...

The heart of parliamentary democracy lies in open debate, respect for diverse opinions, and a genuine effort to build ...

The government of this east Japan city has started digitally distributing its semimonthly PR newsletter in 10 languages using ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito on Wednesday denied growing accusations that he violated the election law by involving a public ...

TOKYO -- The ringleaders in a series of recent burglaries mainly in the greater Japanese capital area used phone numbers with ...

Fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene of a fire in this city's Susukino entertainment district on Nov. 26 after ...

A building believed to be a "hoanden," a small shrinelike structure used to house portraits of emperors and the nationalistic ...

The most severe November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Wednes ...

The chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office apologized to a former death row inmate at his home here on Nov.