The ruling Liberal Democratic Party sidestepped a key demand from opposition parties in a draft political reform program compiled to address its fund-raising scandal.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba displayed his diplomatic inexperience during a recent visit to South America to attend two international conferences.

This year’s Nobel Prizes were a “watershed moment” for artificial intelligence, according to Demis Hassabis, a co-winner of this year’s prize in chemistry.

Shohei Ohtani continues to find new ways to win baseball games and awards. And in doing so, he has changed the rules of the major leagues. During the off-season in 2017, Ohtani went to the United ...

SAITAMA—The Saitama District Court on Nov. 21 ordered a halt to a planned protest targeting Kurdish people in Japan, ruling that the demonstration amounted to hate speech.

OSAKA—Authorities here are seeking to prosecute a zookeeper who is suspected of repeatedly stealing food intended for the ...

WAKAYAMA—Details have emerged from a prosecutor’s harsh interrogation of the suspect in the bombing attack against former ...

TOTTORI--To order a custom-made fountain pen from Ryo Yamamoto, expect to wait 18 months for delivery. Yamamoto, 50, said he ...

With a sense of smell said to be 3,000 to 100 million times more powerful than humans, police dogs have long been essential ...

Some 108 organizations held 274 political fund-raising parties in Tokyo in 2023, generating 942.21 million yen ($6.1 million) in total, a political fund balance report showed.

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...

Japanese baseball fans rushed to grab the latest newspaper editions on Friday after Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was named the National League's Most Valuable Player.