Semiprivate booths with luxurious seats will be introduced on shinkansen bullet trains connecting Tokyo and western Japan by ...

The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...

The cult behind the attack has yet to compensate its victims, while its offshoots continue to gain followers and amass wealth ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball ...

Watarase Keikoku Railway Co. was hoping to increase ridership, and so it planted ornamental peach trees near Godo Station in ...

After 2024 set a new record for tourist numbers in Japan, Rob Goss recommends switching out the biggest draws for these ...

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Major League Baseball opens its season on Tuesday with the MLB Tokyo Series. The games are the latest in the league's efforts ...

I have seen an image of Shohei Ohtani, wearing jeans and a white T-shirt, gazing out from a vending machine while standing in ...

East Japan Railway Co. announced Tuesday that almost all Kaiji and Azusa limited express trains scheduled to depart on ...

Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed, and kissed him in a coffin.

Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears ...