The yen hit a two-month high in the upper 153 range against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Monday, continuing its sharp rise ...

Heavy snowfall brought the transportation network around Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport to a near standstill on Jan. 25, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stepson Ken Yamamoto has decided to withdraw from the upcoming House of ...

The 21-year-old prodigy continued to dazzle the sumo world over the 15 days of competition at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena ...

Japan boasts some 56,000 convenience stores nationwide, and the three biggest chains -- Seven-Eleven Japan, Lawson and ...

(AP) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is "100% ready" after ...

American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.

SAITAMA -- Nagasaki Bio Park's "Prune" has won the national "capybara long bath showdown" with a dip lasting 1 hour, 45 ...

New ozeki Aonishiki won back-to-back championships Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating fourth-ranked ...

TOKYO -- Roughly half of the parents whose children have taken junior high school entrance exams in Japan said they "regret" ...

Candidates planning to run in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election are roughly split over the controversial issue of ...

Young people appear more supportive than older generations of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decision to call a snap ...