Japan's parliament convened an extraordinary session Thursday for deliberations on a supplementary budget to help ...

The operators of Nozomi bullet train services connecting Tokyo and Fukuoka's Hakata Station in southwestern Japan are ...

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng showed support for the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka and pledged to ensure the safety of ...

Former top Japanese currency diplomat Masato Kanda has been selected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank, the ...

The Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday announced the signing of Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi to a three-year, $63 million ...

Kuniko Miyajima, 77, had been expecting a day like any other, with her family gathered around the dinner table, smiling and ...

Former global stars David Silva and David Trezeguet were among the scorers as World Legends saw off J Classics 4-3 on ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck Ishikawa and other central Japan prefectures, the weather agency says, but no ...

A fire broke out Wednesday in the Tokyo apartment building where Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives with ...

The Sendai High Court upholds a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt a nuclear reactor in northeastern ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito on Wednesday denied growing accusations that he violated the election law by involving a public ...

A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western ...