Local residents had sought to halt the operations of aging reactors run by Kansai Electric Power in Fukui Prefecture.

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture–A video showing an American civilian being slammed to the ground and detained by U.S. military ...

Japan imposed colonial rule on the island of Taiwan for half a century, committing countless heinous crimes. The DPP ...

Japanese-born New Zealander Kazuma Kobori finished his round with four consecutive birdies for an 8-under 63 Friday to take a ...

As domestic demand for sake remains sluggish, moves to seek opportunities abroad are spreading. One region drawing particular ...

A Japanese court has ruled the country's ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional - bucking a trend set by courts around ...

Fourteen Japanese nationals and four Chinese nationals have been detained in two raids at a scam call centre targeting victims in Japan at Simpang Ampat here on Nov 20.

The final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament was held in the city of Fukuoka on November 23. Sekiwake Aonishiki defeated ...

LONDON – Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington convention, voted at a committee meeting on Thursday to reject ...

CHINA’S State Council Information Office on Thursday released a white paper titled “China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era.” An expert told the Global Times that at a ...

Markets show no signs of slowing down as they head into December with big stories playing out from Wall Street to Tokyo via ...

MOSCOW - Japan's deployment of offensive weapon systems in the region of frontier islands disrupts regional security and ...