The Kobe air raids are depicted in the film "Grave of the Fireflies," which was based on an autobiographical novel by Akiyuki ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 36-year-old woman to 10 years in prison for abuse that resulted in her 6-year-old ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- A northeastern Chinese university is planning to establish a "Ryukyu research center" to conduct studies ...

Japan's main opposition party criticized pledges by Liberal Democratic Party leadership candidates to clean up politics ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Shosei Togo and three relievers combined on a seven-hit shutout as the Central League-leading Yomiuri ...

FUKUOKA -- A 35-year-old man was defrauded after seeing "0110" at the end of an incoming phone number and, believing it was a ...

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate to "at least around 1 percent" to avoid upside risks ...

The percentage of those who have no desire to get married has risen across all age groups surveyed in Tochigi Prefecture ...

KOFU (Kyodo) -- The number of people making an overnight "bullet climb" to the summit of Mt. Fuji plunged by 90 percent this ...

A 28-year-old woman on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering her wealthy elderly husband who described ...

North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile that fell into the sea on Thursday, the Japanese government said.