Forbes ranks Japanese tennis darling Naomi Osaka #2 on its list of top-earning female athletes.

Crowds of well-wishers welcome home "smiling Cinderella" golf sensation Hinako Shibuno after her win at the Women's Bri...

As Hiroshima marks the 74th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urges the Abe administr...

The mercury hits 38 C in Gifu and Yamanashi prefectures as Typhoon Francisco approaches Kyushu.

Electronics maker NEC shows off an experimental flying car.

Officials say the M6.4 earthquake that shook northeastern Japan Sunday evening is likely an aftershock of the 2011 Great...

JAXA taps home goods company Tiger to make a canister that can bring delicate materials from the International Space Sta...

The Rugby World Cup trophy is on display for a day at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.

Japan is considering working with India to send an unmanned probe to the moon's south pole to search for water in fiscal...

Construction begins to accommodate the larger-than-normal wheelchairs of two incoming Upper House lawmakers with special...