The Noto no Amamehagi ritual took place in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday, with children who were wearing ogre masks ...

Japan’s Tatsuya Shinhama raced to his first World Cup victory of the season, edging local favorite and previously unbeaten ...

Japan’s fifth H3 large-scale rocket with a satellite positioning system on board was successfully launched from the ...

The JPS has been offering online consultations on an experimental basis since Jan. 6 through its Nenkin Net (pension net) ...

Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake ...

Japanese shares fell 2% on Monday, led by automakers, as worries grew about the global economy after U.S. President Donald ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith led the crowd in a short singalong of their hit “Under the Bridge,” ...

Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site on Sunday and divers scoured the ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. has announced it will introduce location-based pricing starting on Feb. 15. Of the chain’s ...

Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. She is dwarfed by dozens of masked ...

Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is “about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday at the team’s ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost more than 1,000 points temporarily Monday morning, with a wide range of ...