The Japanese government has ruled out abolishing the death penalty, rejecting calls by domestic legal experts for a review ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu turns the tables on his opponent with a dramatic throw to remain one of three undefeated wrestlers on the ...

A special exhibition featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani's historic 50th home run ball of 2024 kicks off on a ...

September champion Onosato suffers his first loss as an ozeki against former sekiwake Abi on the fourth day of the Kyushu ...

An extraordinary parliamentary session will likely begin on Nov. 28 to allow for deliberation on a supplementary budget ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba received a medical checkup on Wednesday for the second time in five days, amid ...

Shigeru Ishiba is formally reelected as Japan's prime minister after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling ...

Palau's reelected President Surangel Whipps says he may ask the United States for a Patriot missile defense system, citing a recent Chinese missile test as a "direct threat" to the Pacific island ...

Two weeks after Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in the general election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was ...

Police says they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found graffitied on two spots of a ...

The Japanese health ministry calls for seniors to take routine coronavirus vaccinations ahead of the winter, when infections ...

Japan posted a record 15.82 trillion yen ($103 billion) current account surplus in the first half of fiscal 2024, boosted by ...