Political parties in Japan have long faced criticism for fielding celebrity candidates in House of Councillors elections, ...

KYODO NEWS- Jul 18, 2025 - 09:00All,Japan,World A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around for a "tsuji-mawashi" corner ...

Popular Japanese manga "Demon Slayer" has sold over 200 million copies across all 23 volumes worldwide, its publisher said ...

Japan's government said Thursday it lodged a strong protest with South Korea over military drills conducted in waters near ...

China's latest report on its atomic power industry omitted data on radioactive materials released from domestic nuclear ...

A temple in southwestern Japan is drawing controversy and criticism for its recent decision to charge admission only to ...

Since a Japanese prime minister first attended a NATO summit in 2022, Japan has sent its highest-level representative to the ...

Anderson Lopes, the J-League first-division top scorer for the past two years, is leaving Yokohama F Marinos to join Lion ...

Onosato got back on the winning track Thursday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament after Hoshoryu's injury withdrawal left ...

Japan's trade surplus in June shrank 30.8 percent from a year earlier to 153.1 billion yen ($1 billion) as automobile and ...

Japan saw a record 21.5 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2025, government data showed Wednesday, with travel ...

Struggling yokozuna Hoshoryu on Thursday pulled out from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, where he had slumped to a 1-3 ...