A massive sinkhole has appeared at an intersection near Tokyo, swallowing a truck and its driver, according to multiple ...

Japanese baseball's single-season home run record-holder Munetaka Murakami was recently seen on social media wearing a Los ...

The Japanese government is closely watching the situation in South Korea with serious concern following Sunday's indictment ...

A local civic group will launch another survey later this week to locate the remains of 183 people left at an underwater coal ...

TOKYO -- An oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, on Tuesday, taking down a truck and trapping the ...

A massive sinkhole engulfed a truck at a Saitama prefectural road intersection on Tuesday morning, trapping the driver and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) aims to reach undecided voters in this summer's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election using social media, Hirotada Ototake ...

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--Three major Japanese banks said Monday that they will raise their short-term prime lending rates by 0.25 percentage point in March following Friday’s decision by the ...

With viral false information on social media becoming a significant societal challenge, Fujitsu Ltd. and the National Institute of Informatics are leading a nationwide effort to ...

The move would mark the central bank's first rate hike since July last year, when it increased rates to 0.25%.

TOKYO: Rescuers were on Wednesday (Jan 29) trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a sinkhole for more than 24 hours ...

Bad weather and a chronic labour shortage will delay the completion of an air base on a remote Japanese island by three years ...