Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

After nearly 40 seconds of intense grappling in a sumo training bout, Yarden Yatkovski, 27, throws down a wrestler ranked in ...

The Japanese government's plan to end financial support for foreign doctoral students has drawn criticism from students and ...

Japan's Tokito Oda won his second Wimbledon wheelchair tennis title in three years, coming from a set down to beat Britain's ...

Onosato made a solid start to his yokozuna career, while fellow grand champion Hoshoryu overcame one of his most troublesome ...

Japan's National Police Agency has announced plans to review the system enabling people to switch foreign driver's licenses to Japanese ones, and to t ...

Russia's foreign minister on Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeti ...

The number of visitors to the World Exposition in Osaka has topped 10 million, reaching the milestone at the halfway point of ...

One of the international hit series of last year was the reboot of "Shogun", which garnered widespread praise as well as a ...

Around one in seven coaches of track and field athletes believe their team members, including school students, have been ...

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The Japan International Cooperation Agency will issue bonds worth around 23 billion yen ($160 million) next month to raise ...