Shogi player Habu Yoshiharu posted an unprecedented 1,500 wins in the traditional Japanese board game.

Japan's industry minister Hagiuda Koichi seeks cooperation from major electric utility companies to prevent a power crun...

ZIPAIR Tokyo, a low-cost carrier affiliated with Japan Airlines, is removing the "Z" logo from its planes.

A family of spot-billed ducks move from a pond as locals help them overcome various obstacles.

Police have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of nailing a straw doll with Russian President Vladimir Putin's face...

Tokyo police and workers at Akihabara maid cafes called on people to drink in moderation to prevent crimes linked to alc...

A new display is set up at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo showing train-related sounds in onomatopoeia written in Japanese kat...

A survey shows that Japan has the worst workplace gender equality in among four countries and a territory in the Asia Pa...

The head monk of a Buddhist temple in Nagasaki Prefecture seeks the return of a stolen Buddha statue in a South Korean c...

A ward in Tokyo rejects a married couple's registration under separate surnames.