Expectations are growing that Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition party, could mount a strong challenge in ...

Support for the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and other parties out of power is ...

Financial education for children in Japan has taken on greater urgency since the country lowered the age of adulthood from 20 ...

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka says she will skip the Billie Jean King Cup team tennis finals next month in Spain because of ...

The defense chiefs of Japan, Britain, and Italy have agreed to accelerate their planned joint development of a ...

Wakaba Higuchi picks up her first career Grand Prix figure skating title, leading a one-two finish for Japan at Skate America ...

Guard Yuki Kawamura signs a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, becoming the first Japanese player from the ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is sworn in, becoming the first new leader of Southeast Asia's largest democracy in a ...

Japan's former Empress Michiko turns 90, marking the occasion alongside husband former Emperor Akihito who reached the ...

The transport ministry starts excavating a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan after discovering what appears ...

Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan resumes operations after determining that a magnetic reaction possibly indicating the ...

Sales of used smartphones in Japan are expected to hit an all-time high in fiscal 2024, as rising prices of new devices drive ...