A junior high school student in Iwate Prefecture was arrested after allegedly spraying bear repellent at students after the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a new leadership lineup for the ruling Liberal ...

The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, a major watermelon-producing ...

The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful applicant under a new recruitment program for people ...

An Asian black bear was captured on a wildlife observation camera walking on Mount Takao in the western Tokyo city of ...

Japan's farm ministry on Friday began procedures to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish government reserves drawn down ...

A project is underway to reconstruct stone markers donated late in life by 19th-century Japanese explorer Matsuura Takeshiro ...

Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country's first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually ...

Munetaka Murakami broke out of a slump with a three-run homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win over the Detroit ...

A Kyodo News poll showed Friday that the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet rose 3.2 ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump to have talks on ...

Kyushu Railway Co. said it resumed Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train services along the entire-line Friday for the first time ...