Kazuki Higa made history as the first golfer from Japan to win the Asian Tour order of merit after finishing seventh at the season-ending Saudi Open. Higa carded a four-under-par 68 in Saturday's ...

A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching ...

Japan's green tea exports in the first 10 months of this year reached the highest level in over 70 years on the back of the booming overseas market for matcha powder and the depreciation of the ...

Some Japanese companies are reducing bonuses and reallocating those funds to regular salaries, aiming to attract talented workers with more stable higher monthly pay ...

The first stage of Mohamed Salah’s rehabilitation at Liverpool is complete after the Egypt forward returned to the team for its 2-0 win over Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. The question ...

The Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office has decided not to indict a 33-year-old man, who was arrested in August on suspicion of killing his 61-year-old mother, after he was found mentally ...

Police in Nagoya plan to question staff at Japan Post's Tokai branch after 245 letters and other items that had been dropped off in mailboxes in Nakamura Ward were found in bushes near Nagoya Station ...

A Tokyo-based company offering ride-sharing services that use technology to let separate passengers share the same vehicle is expanding into regions of Japan where public transportation is lacking. It ...

The Japanese government will strengthen safeguards to protect ecosystems and landscapes from the adverse impact of large-scale solar farms, officials said. The government is expected to revise the ...

A collegiate manufacturing and design competition for small-scale formula-style race cars has helped fuel the growth of Japan's automotive industry by producing future automobile engineers for more ...

If you're arrested in Japan, don't expect help from a lawyer during police questioning. Unlike in many developed countries, police in Japan can nearly always grill suspects without their lawyer ...

Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” and starred in his ...