The leaders of Japan and Kenya have agreed to work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific, and to closely coordinate on the situation in Sudan, where military clashes continue.

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have arrived in the United States to seek support from US officials for the return of their loved ones.

Japanese three-time Olympic table tennis medalist Ishikawa Kasumi says she has decided to retire.

A crashed Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter was recovered from waters in the southern prefecture of Okinawa before noon on Tuesday.

Travis Japan, a seven-member male group from Japaneses, will release their second digital single "Moving Pieces" on May 15. However, an "allegation" surfaced in a video released on their official YouTube channel on April 29.

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Takahashi Daisuke and Muramoto Kana say they will retire after the current season.

Eiji Akaso ((C) TBS) appearing in the Friday drama "Pending Train - 8:23, tomorrow with you"

A group of illustrators and cartoonists in Japan are calling for legislation to protect their copyrighted work against inappropriate use of artificial intelligence.

On Twitter, he suddenly said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. ！！！！??" Itoi said in astonishment.

An international group of researchers says it has captured the first-ever image of a black hole showing a high-temperature disk-like flow of gas connected with jets of emerging material.

Flower growers in Japan's western city of Kitakyushu have started shipping carnations ahead of Mother's Day on May 14.

Actress Kanna Hashimoto's manager updated her Instagram on March 26. She showed an off-shot of Hashimoto in her school uniform and was surprised to see that "she only looks like an active actor" and "she looks too good".