Former Empress Michiko will have surgery for a broken right femur after falling at her residence in Tokyo over the weekend, ...

The Bank of Japan upgrades its economic views on two of the nation's nine regions, helped by a steady recovery from a massive ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba defends his plan to dissolve the lower house later this week for a snap election to seek a ...

A group photo of the new Cabinet, appointed by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba last week, was edited before being ...

The San Diego Padres' Yu Darvish got big offensive and defensive help from his teammates, pitching seven innings in a 10-2 ...

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his former faction failed to report income from fundraising parties in a "clerical ...

Japanese police have arrested 12 men upon their return from Cambodia for allegedly operating phone scams, following claims ...

Pope Francis said Sunday that he has named Monsignor Isao Kikuchi, the archbishop of Tokyo, as a new cardinal of the Catholic ...

The Japanese government says it will sign a memorandum of understanding to buy liquefied natural gas from a major Italian ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not endorse some party lawmakers implicated ...

A Taiwanese-mainland Chinese gay couple officially registered their marriage in Taiwan on Monday, becoming the island's first ...

The mayors of Tokyo's Shibuya and Shinjuku wards said Monday they will work together to curb street drinking and rowdiness ...