Major League Baseball has had no shortage of stars, but it has never seen a sensation like Ohtani, who is Japan’s answer to Babe Ruth. By Ken Belson The downpour drenched the Noto Peninsula on ...

NHK has learned that Japan's government and the ruling coalition are discussing plans to triple the country's departure tax. Lawmakers say the additional revenue could be used to tackle problems ...

Still can't believe that I was the one who was asked to translate this book. 01:08 She means so much to me, the author does, and to my mother, to just everyone that I know in Japan. 01:14 So, I'm so ...

L to R: 'Kaguya (Selene)', 'Cocoon,' 'Unbound,' 'Monster Squid: The Giant is Real' (inset) Nobuo Inaba ©NHK/JAXA, © Machiko Kyo (AKITSHOTEN)/NHK, NEP, ©NHK, © NHK ...

In the clearest signal yet of U.S. unhappiness with the rightward tilt of Japan’s political leadership — and by extension, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the U.S. embassy in Tokyo has strongly condemned ...

Japan Gold ( ($TSE:JG) ) has provided an update. Japan Gold Corp. was featured on NHK’s documentary series ‘Today’s Close-Up,’ highlighting the ...