Authorities have arrested nearly 40 people linked to the recent wave of home invasion robberies across the Tokyo area, but the masterminds behind the crime spree remain at large.

KOBE—An artisanal soap shop here is catering to its loyal customers throughout the country with handmade products, crafted ...

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 ...

Mizuma Railway is operating a “digital art” train until Dec. 1 that treats passengers to projection mapping during the ...

Support for constitutional amendment among newly elected Lower House members has dropped to 67 percent, the lowest level ...

Residents here are voting online to determine the retirement allowance for the city mayor, who asked the public to decide how ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of ...

Influential manga artist Kazuo Umezu, known as a pioneer in horror comics in a long career dating to the mid-1950s, died on ...

TOTTORI--Cyclists can now board trains on the JR Sanin Line with their unbagged and unfolded bicycles for journeys between ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World ...

The approval rate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet plummeted after the Lower House election, but more than 60 percent of voters believe he should not resign, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

I had loved Tokyo’s old Tsukiji outer fish market with its colorful alleys and bewildering maze of people and vehicles ...