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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing.

European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its ...

Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arraez and become the ...

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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- World No. 1 wheelchair tennis player Tokito Oda won his second consecutive Japan Open title Sunday. The ...