Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a captain of All Nippon Airways to one year and eight months in prison for grabbing ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is set to introduce a new Shinkansen train used only for carrying out inspections while traveling at speeds of up to 320 kph. Operations are scheduled to begin during ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, Ltd. may temporarily close some of its restaurants due to supply chain disruptions caused by a cyberattack on logistics provider Nichirei Corp., the fast-food chain ...

Crude oil prices are rising again as uncertainty surrounding the situation in the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.

A monorail is set to open in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday, allowing passengers to enjoy panoramic views of the Sanriku coastline from a 235-meter-high mountain.

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in January-June fell 2.0 pct from a year before to 21,084,800, down for the first time in five years, the Japan National Tourism Organization said ...

The government approved the revisions to its Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan on Tuesday, laying out a policy to greatly strengthen its ability to counter cyberattacks in light of the emergence of ...

A midwife was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of killing a hospitalized man by inserting feces into his IV tube in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, in January, police said.

The so-called Katsuragawa route was selected for the planned extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line from among a final list of three options by a ruling party committee on Wednesday.

The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Diet Building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] The government and the ruling parties have begun final negotiations to extend the current ...

The U.S. military early Wednesday reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American ...

Workers handle watermelons at a fruit sorting facility in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Wednesday, the city’s official first day of shipments for the year.