By Tim Kelly and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper ...

All train services on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo were temporarily suspended Sunday afternoon after a passenger's luggage caught fire, JR East said, and firefighters received a report that ...

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also ...

China’s former badminton world number one Shi Yuqi won the Japan Open title on Sunday, beating French defending champion Alex ...

China’s former world number one Shi Yuqi clinched the Japan Open title on Sunday, July 20, beating the French defending ...

Japan’s central and local governments are required under a new law to take steps to promote the use of sign language, aiming ...