A man fired by a bank for taking a free detergent sample from a nearby store wins his battle in court
Tokyo — The Tokyo District Court typically garners headlines for high-profile cases, parsing issues ...
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Some big seabirds have eaten and pooped their way onto a Japanese holy island's most-wanted list
Tokyo — The "shrine island" of Miyajima is one of Japan's most iconic destinations. A quick ferry ri...
Can women and foreigners help drive a ramen renaissance to keep Japan's noodle shops on the boil?
Tokyo — Japan's ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills...
L.A. Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani announces that he's married
Ohtani's dog gets giant replica "visa" Ohtani's dog gets giant replica "visa" 01:02 Tokyo — Having m...
Sperm whale's slow death trapped in maze-like Japanese bay raises alarm over impact of global warming
Tokyo — The slow demise of a stray whale that spent its last days circling Osaka Bay not only sadden...
Farmer sells her food for pennies in a trendy Tokyo district to help "young people walking around hungry"
Tokyo — In a city of wealth, comfort and fine food, there's a quiet alley in Japan's capital where p...
Wasabi, beloved on sushi, linked to "really substantial" boost in memory, Japanese study finds
Tokyo — A study conducted in Japan suggests there's more to sushi than just a healthy dose of fish a...
Large part of U.S. Osprey that crashed in Japan found with 5 more crew members' bodies inside
Tokyo — Divers from the U.S. military and Japan's Marine Self-Defense Forces located a significant p...
"Moonies" church in Japan offers $67 million in victim compensation as court mulls shutting it down
Tokyo — Seeking to fend off existential threats to its operations in the country, the Unification Ch...
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come"
Tokyo — While boosting tourism is usually part of the job description for a local politician, the ma...
Why Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji is "screaming" for relief
Mt. Fuji, Japan — Japan's majestic 12,388-foot peak has stirred poets and painters, sent the devout ...
Japanese farmer has fought for decades to stay on his ancestral land in the middle of Narita airport
Narita airport, one of Tokyo's main international gateways, projects an image of efficiency and serv...
North Korea welcomes Russia and China envoys and Kim Jong Un shows off missiles on Korea War anniversary
Tokyo — Russia and China both sent high-level delegations to North Korea this week as the autocratic...
Brazen, amateurish Tokyo heist highlights rising trend as Japan's gangs lure desperate youth into crime
Tokyo — When three men armed with crowbars ransacked a luxury watch shop in broad daylight in Tokyo'...
What's so fancy about "the world's most advanced train station"?
Tokyo —What's being billed as "the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Ja...
A Japanese girl just graduated from junior high as a class of one, as the "light goes out" on a small town.
Tokyo — When Akino Imanaka attended her junior high school graduation earlier this month, the whole ...