A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ...

TOKYO: The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday (Oct 23), reaching the ...

Japan's new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to ...

Heavy rain from a typhoon has hit a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo. The government urged residents on Thursday to ...

The veteran actor will be feted at THR and the Motion Picture Association at the glitzy "American Film Night" party in ...

Japanese restaurant information website Hot Pepper recently conducted its latest user survey, and among the questions it asked Tokyo-area residents is which neighborhoods they like to go out for ...

With 91 films over 64 years — including the beloved 'Tora-san' series and Oscar-nominated 'The Twilight Samurai' — Yamada ...

An overhauled squad led by Nick Champion de Crespigny will give head coach Joe Schmidt a chance to assess the Wallabies’ ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to achieve the target of spending two percent of GDP on defence two years ...

Writer Adam H. Graham tries out a new coastal trail that is helping reinvigorate the communities devastated by the 2011 Great ...

For centuries, the rich aroma of grilled eel has been woven into Japan's culinary landscape -- its glossy, sweet-savory sauce ...