Hundreds of people on June 9 welcomed the arrival of the sacred wood that will be used to rebuild a divine palace at Ise ...

U.S. intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday posted a video message speaking about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning led by high-tech shares tracking gains in their U.S. counterparts, but advances were ...

C) They allowed children to operate real firearms during the events. D) They failed to obtain parental consent for student ...

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The Chinese military said Tuesday that its two aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, carried out combat training in the ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., whose nuclear reactors have remained offline since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged new South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung to promote a bilateral strategic cooperative ...

Toyota Motor Corp. has proposed to the government that it sell U.S.-made cars in Japan through its domestic dealership ...

To help prevent foreign students in Japan from becoming involved in trouble or crimes, Nogata Police Station in the capital's ...

Over half of respondents said they obtain news about elections and politics from the mass media, while about 10 percent rely ...

Saga Prefecture said on June 5 it will start a new project to welcome truck drivers from other countries. This kind of plan ...