The operator of Nagoya University of the Arts has refused a request from its faculty union to release an investigative report ...

Memorial services were held in Tokyo and across neighboring Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 1 to mark 101 years since the 1923 ...

The Nikkei stock index on Wednesday plummeted more than 4 percent, its third-largest decline of the year, as ...

A 9-year-old boy received a thank-you letter from the local police for helping an elderly woman who was lost on a street here ...

Toshimitsu Motegi, the No.2 in Japan's ruling party, said Wednesday he will run for party leader in the election in late ...

The Paris Paralympics held the final for wheelchair rugby on September 2. Japan defeated the United States by a score of 48 ...

Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture marked its 30th anniversary on Sept. 4, celebrating milestones such as a ...

Two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wou ...

OKAYAMA -- An alliance of parent-teacher associations (PTA) in western Japan's Okayama Prefecture has decided to dissolve at the end of this school year. This is the first time that a prefecture-based ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of "harmony in diversity" and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday, as he set a rigorous pace for an 11-day, ...

The draft for a basic plan to support those with dementia received broad approval on Sept. 2 at a meeting of government ...

An iconic 3,000-year-old cedar on Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan has been toppled, likely due to strong winds brought ...