A dentist and a nurse were referred to prosecutors on Sept. 30 for allegedly causing the death of a patient by forcibly ...

A Japanese hospital said Monday it has performed a living kidney transplant between a same-sex couple, a procedure typically ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday that a general election will be held on Oct. 27 to seek a fresh ...

Teruki Yoshino kept the Hanshin Tigers hitless through six innings to pace the DeNA BayStars to a 2-0 win in the only Ce ...

Britain's last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that ...

An accountant of a major ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction previously led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

Prosecutors said Monday they have decided not to indict an Iranian man over his alleged involvement in the robbery of about ...

Fifty-two percent of respondents to a weekend Mainichi Shimbun poll said that they expect Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected ...

Online media connected with the Beijing Daily newspaper have published an interview with a Chinese former staffer of Japan's ...

Japanese forward Shuto Machino netted both goals for Holstein Kiel in their 4-2 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, taking ...

The Chinese government has agreed to lift the complete ban on seafood imports from Japan, put into force following the ...

A pair of giant pandas who have been in Japan for 13 years on loan returned safely to a giant panda reserve in southwestern ...