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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to appoint Hiromasa Nakano as new land minister, thereby keeping a member of junior ...

Researchers in Japan found a way to make concrete that effectively emits no carbon dioxide (CO2) during the production ...

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