Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms ...

Samurai Japan skipper Hirokazu Ibata, whose squad failed to get past the quarterfinal stage at this year’s World Baseball Classic, will step down with his contract to soon expire, Nippon Professional ...

A police officer was bitten by a bear on his face and right arm in a forest in Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

An explosion occurred inside a tank during firing exercises at the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture on Tuesday. Three personnel were killed and one injured, ...

The total length of sewer pipes in Japan that have been judged to require countermeasures due to risks such as cave-ins ...