OITA—A court here ruled Nov. 28 that a man who caused a fatal accident while driving 134 kph over the speed limit was guilty ...

WASHINGTON--Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, ...

KOBE—Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito again came under scrutiny days after his re-election, this time over his transaction with ...

KOBE—A convicted child killer serving a life sentence was arrested on Nov. 27 on suspicion of murdering another girl in ...

A joint police task force on Nov. 27 raided facilities at four locations in three prefectures related to a suspected ...

BANGKOK--Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after stocks on Wall Street retreated, weighed down by losses for technology ...

The government is set to allocate an additional 800 billion yen ($5.2 billion) to Rapidus Corp., Japan’s leading ...

Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito petitioned Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to represent Japan as an “observer nation” in the next ...

To meet growing demand for reserved seats, the Nozomi Shinkansen’s operators have decided to reduce the number of ...

AKITA--Korean-American Jim Chae never forgot the cherished memories from the time his family visited an onsen resort in Akita ...

Voters in the Oct. 27 Lower House election refused to give the ruling coalition free rein but stopped short of handing the ...

The Yakumo express service introduced by West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) in April won the top prize at the 23rd Japan ...