Police in Tokyo have arrested a 57-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 94-year-old father with whom he lived. According to police, a man called 110 at around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday and said he had ...

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says that 8,603 people were transported to hospital nationwide to be treated for symptoms of heatstroke and heat exhaustion in the week from June 16 to June 22.

Japan and NATO agreed Tuesday to closely collaborate to address "security challenges" such as the Middle East crisis, Russia's war against Ukraine and North Korea's past abductions of Japanese ...

Temperatures across Japan are topping 34°C — and it’s only June. The Japan Meteorological Agency is already reporting heatstroke deaths, hospitalizations and record highs in multiple cities. The ...

Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global production for the year ended March fell 2.9 percent from a year earlier to 9.68 million units, marking the first decline in four years, following a ...

Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of ...

Sweltering temperatures prompted heatstroke alerts in multiple Japanese regions on Wednesday, with dozens of people seeking emergency medical care in the capital Tokyo. The hot weather was headline ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday furiously rejected ethics concerns over his plans to receive a jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, saying it would be "stupid" not to accept such a gift. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed cooperating with Japan on developing technology for his planned Golden Dome missile defence shield during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

Here she reveals the price of renting a girlfriend, which, at her company, costs 6,000 yen per hour for a two-hour minimum rental. This means it costs at least 12,000 yen to rent a girlfriend, and ...

While Japan has some environmental problems it has yet to thoroughly understand and tackle, such as garbage in the Seto Inland Sea, overall, it’s a pretty clean country. The cities in particular are ...

China and Taiwan clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's government, and said it is impossible to ...