The number of reported fraud cases in Tokyo involving scammers posing as police officers dropped 38.8 pct from a year earlier in the first five months of 2026, Metropolitan Police Department sources ...

Women are becoming increasingly visible in Japan's fish markets as the country shifts toward a more gender-neutral society, making inroads into the traditionally male-dominated industry. At the Toyosu ...

As younger consumers increasingly turn away from alcoholic drinks, major Japanese brewers are expanding their lineups of nonalcoholic beverages and products with low alcohol content. The companies bel ...

Taizo Mikazuki won a fourth term as governor of the western Japan prefecture of Shiga in an election Sunday, defeating three rivals. Mikazuki, 55, was supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party' ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned probe successfully flew past the asteroid Torifune at close range on Sunday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The probe is in normal condition, JAXA said.

Japanese police served fresh arrest warrants on three people on Sunday, including a 44-year-old man believed to be an executive of one of Asia's largest international fraud organizations, for allegedl ...

Japan's Foreign Ministry is considering the possibility of easing its evacuation advisory for Iran and three other Middle Eastern countries in response to a deal between the United States and Iran to ...

Ryoma Hudzeleu, a Japanese national from Mitaka, Tokyo, has won the gold medal in the senior men's solo category at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow, held at the Bolshoi Theater in the ...

IT STARTS A 60-DAY COUNTDOWN COMMEMORATING THE UPCOMING RE-ISSUE OF B'DAY, HER GROUND-BREAKING SECOND ALBUM RELEASED ON HER ...

A memorial ceremony was held in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of the heavy rain disaster that left 67 people dead and two others unaccounted for in the southwestern Japan ...

BASEL, Switzerland and SEOUL, South Korea, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky Labs (CEO Jack Byunghwan Lee) announced on the ...

Japan's health ministry has ordered Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. to report on 20 deaths among users of Tavneos, a vasculitis drug marketed by the company in Japan, health minister Kenichiro Ueno said ...