Some 60% of Japanese people do not read even one book in a given month, the first time that has been true for a majority of ...

Japan's new ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, who is certain to become the next prime minister, intends ...

Typhoon Jebi is expected to affect eastern Japan, where Tokyo is located, in the next couple of days as the 17th one of the ...

Rio Takeda claimed her second major title with a two-shot victory at the Japan Women's Open golf tournament Sunday.

It's often said there is a thin line between love and hate, but is it OK to sometimes hate your long-term partner? If you ask ...

Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place at two homes on the same street in a ...

TOKYO -- A "Zombie Shinkansen," which will turn a carriage on a Tokaido Nozomi bullet train into a haunted house, will depart ...

There is no policy tool available that can achieve a rapid impact. However, a new direction can be set for policies that will ...

Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an or ...

OSAKA -- "I feel sorry for you not having siblings" "So, you're selfish" "You must have been spoiled": These are phrases that ...

The striking red domed roof of a former kindergarten here completed in 1922 marks the building out as a rare design for a ...

The next edition of this puzzle, "Meet your match? Spot the difference #127," will be published on Oct. 6. Click/tap here for ...