The runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan was closed Wednesday after an explosion on a taxiway, although no injuries ...

The DeNA BayStars clinched the third and last Central League Climax Series spot on Wednesday despite losing 4-2 against the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to pledge support for promoting nuclear power in his first policy speech ...

Newly appointed Justice Minister Hideki Makihara said Wednesday that abolishing the death penalty in Japan, where there have ...

Shigeru Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has assumed office as Japan's 102nd prime minister ...

Some 6,000 high-grade flounder have died at a farming center here apparently after seawater temperatures were pushed up by ...

A Chinese woman was arrested Oct. 1 by Gunma Prefectural Police on suspicion of possessing 1,116 counterfeit luxury brand ...

A miniature artificial heart made of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, expected to be one of the main exhibits at the ...

The approval rating for the Cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stood at 50.7 percent, a Kyodo News survey ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday described new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's proposal for a NATO-like ...

Colleen Schmuckal smiles at attendees after her Shinto-style wedding ceremony with Toshikazu Hashimoto, in the city of Kazuno ...

The new JR Matsuyama Station building in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, opened on September 29. It was the first ...