About an hour by train from Shinjuku, the Nishitama area of western Tokyo opens into gentle valleys with clear rivers and ...

Tomiichi Murayama, who has died aged 101, was a hitherto unsung politician who unexpectedly became prime minister of Japan ...

Japanese opposition parties are wary of a plan by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) to reduce the number of House of Representatives ...

Baseball fans continue to marvel at Shohei Ohtani’s performance in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. He hit ...

The LDP found a new coalition partner, but Prime Minister Takaichi is still short of a majority in the lower house.

Immigrants who work in low-wage jobs may display just as much reslience and work ethic as MLB players, but remain invisible ...

Tight security measures that includes the mobilization of around 18,000 police officers have been put in place in Tokyo ahead ...

On Oct. 22, 1797, the first silk parachute jump from a high altitude was made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who dropped in a ...

In the case where a man was arrested on Friday near the U.S. Embassy Minato Ward with two bladed weapons, it has been ...

I visited Sorokdo in early October of last month for a series of reports titled *‘Korea’s 100-Year Churches.’* While ...

Chef Isao Tozuka and his wife, Chiyo, opened Chicago Kalbi (“rib” in Korean) in 1990. It was the Michael Jordan era, and ...