A Japanese man and woman in their 20s were detained for about two weeks over a picture of the man exposing his buttocks at ...

The Tokyo High Court on March 12 upheld a previous not-guilty verdict for Dr. Susumu Sekine, accused of indecent assault in a ...

With just one month to go until the World Exposition in Osaka opens, predictions of a nearly 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) ...

Livestreaming has become increasingly popular especially among young people in Japan in recent years, but there have been ...

The government is considering replacing the secretariat head of its office in charge of issues related to North Korea's past ...

On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

While there was no reference to a "security guarantee" to prevent Russia from invading again after the ceasefire, the fact ...

A man accused of using a fake new 10,000-yen (around $67) note at a convenience store in February has been arrested, marking ...

Police have arrested five individuals and referred eight others to prosecutors for an alleged scheme to lend legitimate ...

Newly minted yokozuna Hoshoryu suffered another upset loss Thursday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, succumbing to a ...

More than 3 million people in Japan are estimated to have gambled online, with 1.24 trillion yen ($8.4 billion) being spent ...

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into ...