The Yokohama Municipal Government has revealed plans to ban smoking on streets citywide ahead of the International ...

Authorities announced Dec. 15 that the two giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens would be returned to China at the start of ...

A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

Wakayama Prefectural Police said Tuesday they have referred a chief inspector in his 40s to prosecutors on suspicion of vio ...

Under the current Constitution, if the House of Representatives is dissolved and members are unavailable, the House of ...

Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year ...

The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must ...

Tokyo stocks fell sharply Tuesday, with the Nikkei index ending at a two-week low below the key 50,000 line, as caution ...

President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster ...

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A study by Kagawa University in western Japan found that the best way to stop shoplifting is for store staff to greet ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics ...