Japanese literature specialist Susumu Nakanishi has published a book introducing the appeal of manyo nihonga, paintings ...

With the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament set to open on July 13, yokozuna Hoshoryu and yokozuna Onosato offered a ceremonial ring-entering performance called “dohyo-iri” at Atsuta Jingu shrine in Nagoya ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Earthquakes struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 2:01 p.m. and 2:07 p.m. on Sunday. Akusekijima Island, part of Kagoshima Prefecture’s ...

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 12:42 p.m. on Sunday.

Foreign residents may soon have to pay their national health insurance premiums up front in some areas, according to a plan ...

Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani worked two scoreless innings against the Houston Astros on Saturday in his fourth ...

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, chief tariff negotiator, recently held two rounds of telephone talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was questioned on Saturday over an attempt to provoke an attack by North Korea and other matters, South Korean media reported.

U.S. conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson said in an online post on Saturday that he had conducted an interview with ...

The Emperor and Empress departed from Haneda Airport on a government plane Sunday morning for an official state visit to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that his latest conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump this ...

Diplomats from the BRICS group of developing nations have agreed on a joint declaration of their leaders at a summit in Rio ...