Japan's embassy in the Philippines has recently tightened tourist visa slots for Filipino travelers amid a surge in visitors ...

A lawyer for an 88-year-old man acquitted in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case has sought about 217 million yen ($1 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Rail fans bid farewell to one of Japan's iconic "Doctor Yellow" bullet trains, used to diagnose faults on ...

Efforts to rescue a man in a truck trapped in a large sinkhole near Tokyo continued Wednesday, but his fate is unknown as ...

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. is strongly associated with its scandal-hit TV network subsidiary, but since the coronavirus ...

Ghibli Park in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture will allow visitors to buy separate tickets for each of the park's areas from ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Wednesday, with the Nikkei ending a three-day losing streak, as technology shares gained on easing ...

The Mie Prefectural Government has signed a memorandum with Vietnam's labor ministry and Hanoi University of Science and ...

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek 's new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between ...

DeepSeek, a Chinese startup founded in 2023, has rapidly emerged as a disruptive force in the global generative AI industry ...

The Japan Sumo Association officially approved Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, ...

A sex scandal involving famous Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai and Fuji Television Network Inc. has exposed systemic ...