It’s quite clear that Shigeru Ishiba didn’t read the job description when he became Japan’s prime minister. Back in October, ...

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy ...

The Hamburg-born 27-year-old is fondly known as an “otaku” or someone obsessed with Japanese pop culture. Read more at ...

The number for foreign tourists that visited Japan in February 2025 was 3,258,100; and increase of 16.9% over February ...

"Each victim had a name, a family and a future to live in," Setsuko Kawai, 86, chair of the event's organizing committee who ...

Hundreds of fans at Tokyo's Haneda airport lined up 10 deep and hoping to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived in ...

Snow fell on central Tokyo and the mountainous areas in the surrounding Kanto region in eastern Japan on March 19. As ...

Suzuki, now in his fourth season with Chicago, played nine seasons with the Central League's Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2013 to ...

Cubs pitcher Colin Rea may not be Japanese like his two teammates, but the 34-year-old is a veteran of Japanese baseball. Rea ...

Thabo Cele, a South African midfielder, has played in Portugal, Poland, and Russia. He joined Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 after ...

Uematsu supports the part-time chefs by taking charge of procurement and preparation of ingredients behind the scenes. The ...