The Wakayama Prefectural Police headquarters is seen in the city of Wakayama. (Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) WAKAYAMA -- The body ...

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Police in Japan's Saitama Prefecture have sent public prosecutors additional papers on 29 suspects who allegedly defrauded ...

The final of one of Japan's three major soccer titles, the J.League YBC Levain Cup, was held on November 2 at the National ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday gave the green light for operations to begin at an interim storage ...

Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday cut its net profit outlook for this business year to 950 billion yen ($6.2 billion) from the ...

Japan aims to build a strong relationship of trust and cooperation with the U.S. government led by the next president to ...

The Nikkei stock index soared 2 percent Wednesday morning, as exporters were lifted by a weaker yen after reports that early ...

Japanese video game maker Nintendo's chief said Wednesday that Switch console sales were still going strong, while he ...

The number of children determined not to be attending elementary or junior high schools across Japan has risen to a record high. A survey conducted by ...