Sekiwake Kirishima’s second promotion to ozeki was unanimously approved at a ranking meeting for the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament and an extraordinary board meeting of the Japan Sumo Association on ...

A Ground Self-Defense Force officer allegedly trespassed on the premises of the Chinese Embassy in the Moto-Azabu district of Minato Ward, Tokyo, and was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department ...

The Osaka city government on Tuesday cut off the 1.6-meter section of a giant steel pipe that had protruded from the ground in Kita Ward, Osaka City, and sealed the hole with a steel plate.

New criteria starting in April will give top priority for heart transplants from brain-dead donors to patients under 60 ...

A more than 160-year-old edohiganzakura cherry tree is in full bloom at Hachigata Castle Park in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture.

The name Utsukushigahara translates literally as “beautiful field,” and this area in central Nagano Prefecture is on a ...

Russia launched over 400 drones at Ukraine on Tuesday in a rare daytime attack, air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told Reuters.

Hong Kong police arrested a bookstore owner and three shopkeepers on Tuesday for allegedly selling “seditious” publications including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, broadcaster TVB ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed roughly 3% on Wednesday, supported by cautious optimism that the Middle East crisis ...

A unique event featuring fermented foods and jewelry was held in Kofu on March 7. A record 123 businesses from inside and outside the prefecture had booths at Kofu Hakkou Marche, the eighth such event ...

Participants of a workshop got to try their hand at making lanterns styled like nebuta floats at a community center in the district of Arakawa in Aomori.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry declared Iran’s ambassador to Beirut persona non grata Tuesday, ordering him to leave the country by the end of the week.