Japan and Taiwan must dramatically ramp up defense spending in order to deter war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s top policy official has said,...

Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested on Tuesday a former deputy manager at Hana Credit Union’s Yokohama branch on suspicion of stealing ¥619 million ($4.1 million) in cash from the branch’s safe...

The health ministry on Wednesday issued a business improvement order to a clinic in Fukuoka, saying a range of stem cell treatments it offers violate the law on the safety...

WASHINGTON – Japan, South Korea and other countries want to partner with the United States in a “gigantic” natural gas pipeline in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday,...

Japanese fans attended Los Angeles Dodgers games in such high numbers last season that Michael Spetner, a team executive, joked that “you might think you were in Tokyo” anytime the...

For decades, one of sumo’s most unique selling points has been its accessibility. Contrary to foreign media’s ubiquitous framing of Japan’s national sport as a “secret world,” interaction between fans...

Firefighters on Wednesday were still trying to put out the wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, now in its second week, as snow and rain offered hope of some relief. The...

Japan has set a goal of more than tripling its domestic cybersecurity industry sales in the next decade, from the current ¥900 billion ($6 billion) to ¥3 trillion. Japan-made cybersecurity...

LONDON – For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and...