A Russia-linked hacking group e-mailed multiple executives of Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. that it had received $2.98 million in cryptocurrency from the firm after it was hit by a massive ...

A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted a 28-year-old woman of murdering her wealthy elderly husband who had described himself as the "Don Juan" of the western Japan area where he lived. Saki Sudo was ...

The Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka has opened the world's first attraction area based on Nintendo Co.'s popular Donkey Kong game series, seeking to attract more overseas as well as ...

A man whose parents are Unification Church members has filed a petition with a Tokyo court to change his legal name, saying he has suffered an "unbearable pain" in living under it. The man in his 30s, ...

The retrial of a man who served a seven-year sentence for the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in central Japan is expected to result in an acquittal as prosecutors will not present new ...

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, will attend the University of Tsukuba from April, a source at the Imperial Household Agency said ...

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki spoke on Wednesday of their experiences and called for nuclear abolition at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo ...

The death of Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama, who was found in her bathtub last week, has been ruled an accident, her agency said Sunday. Police have confirmed there is no suspicion of foul ...

East Japan Railway Co. said Friday it has applied to the transport ministry to raise its train fares by an average 7.1 percent beginning March 2026, its first blanket fare hike since the company's ...

The only nuclear plant located in a Japanese prefectural capital was restarted Saturday in the city of Matsue after meeting stricter safety requirements introduced following the 2011 Fukushima ...

Simose Art Museum in western Japan said Tuesday it has received this year's Prix Versailles award naming it the world's most beautiful museum. The French world architecture and design awards, ...

Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe was among the 100 "influential and inspiring women" around the world selected for the BBC's annual list on Tuesday. Also selected was Yumi Suzuki, one of the ...