The Latest Breaking News from Japan

It's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district.

Police in Japan say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Airi Sato

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Ohtani spoke with SI to promote becoming the first baseball player to join the Fortnite Icon Series.

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has reiterated its determination to acquire Seven & i Holdings, although the operator of Japan’s top convenience store chain has rejected its offer

Celtic duo earn Japan call up - as Kyogo joins former teammates.

Hundreds of fans at Tokyo’s Haneda airport lined up 10 deep and hoping to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived in Tokyo

The directors of Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) said on Thursday they were seeking a "friendly" buyout of 7-Eleven but lamented a lack of progress towards a deal.

Government employees in Ginan were made to clock in five minutes early every day for three years