Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

Japanese walking offers significant health benefits. A 2007 study from Japan compared this method to lower-intensity continuous walking, with a goal of achieving 8,000 steps per day.

Japanese Baba Vanga's Chilling Prediction For July 2025 Sparks Mass Travel Cancellations Her predictions have led to an 83% drop in flight bookings to Japan, with tourists from East Asia ...

A spacecraft from Japan attempting to make the country's first private moon landing on Thursday instead crashed into the lunar surface in a disappointing second failure for its ispace builders.

Two Japanese nationals have been killed in Dalian in northeastern China’s Liaoning province and a Chinese suspect has been detained, Beijing confirmed on Tuesday.

Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89: Shohei Ohtani remembers former Yomiuri Giants icon Nagashima won 11 Japan Series in his playing career, including nine consecutive titles ...

Sanrio, the 64-year-old company behind the iconic Hello Kitty brand, is thriving once again with a modern makeover.

A claim by one of Elon Musk’s former partners that he fathered a child with a Japanese pop star has ignited a storm of speculation online in Japan, fuelling debate over celebrity privacy ...

Japan has made a huge push for its citizens to recycle, which is another reason for the small sizes of trash cans.

After a two-decade long slump, Japanese stocks finally broke out to new highs, and may be headed even higher. Here's how you can invest in Japan.

The mibot mini EV costs just ¥1 million ($7,000), or about half the price of Nissan’s Sakura, the top-selling EV in Japan. Can the $7,000 mini EV jumpstart sales in Japan?

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title." ...