An elderly woman was found collapsed on a street in Chiba near Tokyo on Sunday afternoon and was later confirmed dead at a ...

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A 14th-century Buddhist statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to a Japanese temple on Monday, ...

The Tokyo government has begun work to redevelop a two-kilometer expressway which encircles the capital's Ginza shopping ...

TOMIOKA, Gunma -- A bank worker in Gunma prefecture helped a man not lose money in a "romance scam." A bad person tried to ...

A Chinese research vessel was seen lowering a pipe-like object into the sea within Japan's exclusive economic zone on Sunday, ...

Japan posted a record current account surplus of 30.38 trillion yen ($208 billion) in fiscal 2024, marking a high for the ...

The leaders of Japan and Chile on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of free trade as both countries feel the impact of tariffs ...

A century has passed since the promulgation in April 1925 of the Peace Preservation Law, which stripped away freedom of ...

In the bustling nightlife district near Osaka's Umeda area is a narrow street known for attracting women engaged in ...

Certain departments of the Tokyo and Oita police departments use the system to handle their lost-and-found services. "Items ...

Trump last month raised U.S. tariffs on China to a combined 145%, and China retaliated by hitting American imports with a 125 ...