Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises, reported an 18.6% surge in net profit ...

Rather than have his name associated with a historic milestone, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has apparently chosen to face ...

Although gay marriage is banned in Japan, local partnership systems introduced a decade ago that grant limited rights to same ...

Hundreds of people staged a street protest in Tokyo over inflammatory remarks made against foreigners in the leadup to last ...

Iran’s foreign minister is calling on Japan to join Tehran in leading a global movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

The Japanese word shinitai, meaning “want to die,” was the most common keystroke related to psychological stress among ...

The highest temperature ever recorded in Japan, a blistering 41.2 degrees, was observed on July 30 in Hyogo Prefecture, the ...

Online claw machine games have been grabbing attention by allowing players to remotely control real machines and collect ...

Hundreds of glowing lanterns floated across Chidorigafuchi moat in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 30 as part of a summer ...

With new courts to conquer, Japanese soft tennis champion Yuta Funemizu is taking his championship game to U.S. pickleball.

After remote working became the new normal following the COVID-19 pandemic, a question arose: What are offices for?

Rank-and-filer Kotoshoho stole the spotlight in the first tournament featuring two yokozuna in four years, capturing his ...