The Latest Breaking News from Japan

‘I’m afraid of politics,’ the rapper and previous Trump supporter admitted on a new episode of ‘The Breakfast Club’ podcast

Onagawa No. 2 reactor restarts in Japan post-2011 disaster, highlighting nuclear energy revival and safety enhancements.

Explore how Oshu City in Japan celebrates Shohei Ohtani's baseball success with tributes and admiration.

As the population of a small Japanese village dwindles, creative residents endeavor to mimic the companionship of children with life-size puppets.

Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan is a rural place, famous for its high-quality Maesawa beef, its history of making traditional ironware and the intense green hills and mountains that surround it

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions

Unusually warm autumn is delaying first snowfall after hottest summer on record

The LPGA Tour is set for its final overseas stop of the season, and some of the Golf Monthly team have picked out a few likely contenders

The Springboks want a clean sweep but Australia, Argentina and New Zealand may have more modest November targets

From Germany to Japan, people are buying up draughty churches, leaky hotels and asbestos-filled schools for peanuts and turning them into dream homes. They can be as big as 40,000 sq ft – but are they always a great deal?

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress.