Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday began requiring rental go-kart service operators to register with it when they set up ...

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced as the most popular trail opened Tuesday, with local authorities charging a doubled fee ...

Two women have been thanked by the Tokyo Fire Department for their quick actions to save a teenage passenger who went into ...

A man died after being stabbed near the neck at a law firm located in the Sunshine 60 building in Tokyo's bustling Ikebukuro ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that Japan is not importing enough American rice, expressing further ...

The introduction of a selective separate surname system for married couples in Japan, which would allow them to choose ...

A senior member of a crime ring admitted Tuesday to helping it orchestrate robberies in Japan from the Philippines, as the ...

The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it -- ...

Tokyo stocks snapped a five-day winning streak Tuesday as investors locked in gains, while concerns grew over prospects of ...

The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7 percent in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest pace of ...