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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

The Shinjuku Ward Office, in cooperation with local residents, is trialing an initiative in which food trucks operate in the “Toyoko” area of Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, as part of efforts to change ...

Nemophila flowers have begun to bloom at Gifu World Rose Garden in Kani, Gifu Prefecture. The garden has an about 3,000-square meter flower bed with around 80,000 nemophila plants, which are expected ...

Japan’s Shohei Ohtani is setting the pace by topping baseball’s rich list, according to figures published by Forbes on ...

Epic Games will cut more than 1,000 jobs following a drop in engagement for “Fortnite,” the latest layoffs in the video game industry where growth has stalled due to economic uncertainty.

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 ...

Sarah Mullally will be enthroned as the Church of England’s first female Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide in a ceremony mixing tradition with global ...

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 ...

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.