Opposition parties are preparing in case the highly popular Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves the House of ...

Rescuers recovered more bodies in the search for dozens of people buried under landslides or swept away after torrential ...

Aonishiki’s promotion from sekiwake to ozeki — the second highest rank in professional sumo — was announced Wednesday. He ...

A fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential housing complex in Hong Kong’s northern Tai Po district on ...

The closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, sponsored by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others, was held at the Tokyo ...

Aonishiki, the Ukrainian sumo wrestler who won the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, has a one-of-a-kind ceremonial sumo apron, ...

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki plans to indicate that he will approve the restart of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose 2% on Wednesday, with tech stocks leading the charge in a broad-based rally after Wall ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who is on trial over the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara City in July 2022, ...

A special illumination is being held during the night at Shoren-in Temple in Kyoto. The temple is affiliated with the Tendai ...

Japan aims to leverage its robust alliance with the United States as a countermeasure against the information war blending ...

Passengers are rescued from a gondola on the Osaka Wheel in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, at 1:28 a.m. on Wednesday. The Yomiuri ...