Shohei Ohtani got a second straight day off Friday while the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar deals with assorted injuries. Ohtani smiled and laughed in the dugout while watching Thursday's game, going ...

Animal shelters in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto had received 272 reports of missing pets as of Aug 25, after the region was rocked by a magnitude-7.1 earthquake in July, the ...

A former Japanese defense minister on Friday described a U.S. decision to sanction the International Criminal Court and its Japanese president as an outright attack on the rules-based international ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday congratulated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on breaking Italy's record for the longest-serving uninterrupted government since World War II.

Police in Yokohama have arrested a 70-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 19-year-old daughter last month. According to police, Masaaki Shimazaki is accused of stabbing his daughter Mizuki ...

Late country music legend Dolly Parton will get a new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, after the original one was vandalized, officials have announced. Fans flocked to her home state of ...

An 87-year-old man died has died after he was pinned against a pear tree by an agricultural transporter at an orchard in Yurihama town, Tottori Prefecture. According to police, a passerby discovered ...

The Japanese council for cultural affairs has selected Hikone Castle, a national treasure, as a candidate for nomination for the 2028 UNESCO World Heritage List. The government plans to submit to the ...

The Himeji branch of the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office has decided not to indict a 42-year-old man who had been arrested on suspicion of killing his 71-year-old mother at their home in ...

The yen rallied against the dollar on Thursday on fresh talk of intervention by Japan to boost its currency, while oil prices jumped on new Iran strikes against U.S. targets in the Gulf region. Bond ...

Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her manager said. She was 70. "Cassandra Wilson transitioned peacefully at home, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told senior members of the Self-Defense Forces on Wednesday that Japan needs to speed up the use of artificial intelligence and unmanned defense assets ahead of the ...