Every time a nuclear test was conducted abroad, Ichiro Moritaki (1901-1994) staged a sit-in in front of the Cenotaph for the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to announce his resignation by August following the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

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What did the Aomori High School Baseball Federation ban Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai High School's baseball team from doing during ...

The Nikkei stock index briefly soared over 2 percent Thursday morning as investors kept buying on eased concern over the ...

Shohei Ohtani matched a franchise record with a homer in the fifth straight game and Freddie Freeman drove in two runs with a ...

Iwao Hakamada, who was acquitted in a retrial over a 1966 murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture, plans to file a damages suit ...

The Orix Buffaloes' Yuma Tongu and Kenya Wakatsuki homered at their home stadium as the Pacific League beat the Central ...

Right-wing populist political party Sanseito campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform and significantly increased its ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on July 23 said there was no discussion about whether he would stay in office or resign during ...

Police investigating organized cheating on an English proficiency test in Japan revealed on July 22 tiny earphones and an ...