Japan is in the middle of a huge inbound tourism surge, but not everyone from overseas who’s getting off a plane at Haneda, Kansai, or one of the country’s other international airports is here for ...

It didn't begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th ...

The creative team behind the popular "Grand Theft Auto" video game series postponed the launch of the latest installment by several months to May 2026, hitting shares of parent Take-Two Interactive.

A man in his 20s was taken in for voluntary questioning by police on Saturday, after the skeletal remains of his former girlfriend were found in his home in Kawasaki, investigative sources said. The ...

Police in Nagoya on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his 3-month-old son, causing him to go into temporary cardiac arrest. According to police, Koichi Yumitatsu, a ...

Sachi Schmidt-Hori has never played "Assassin’s Creed Shadows," but facing an onslaught of online harassment from its fans, she quickly developed her own gameplay style: confronting hate with kindness ...

Japan has no intention of striking a trade deal with the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump unless all of its new tariffs are reviewed, top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa indicated Saturday as ...

Japan trailed other members of the Group of Seven countries in the 2025 world press freedom rankings as government pressure on news outlets has become common practice, a media freedom group said ...

Some 58 percent of Japanese believe the spread of unverified information on social media platforms during elections should be regulated by law, according to a Kyodo News survey focusing on various ...

Japan's industrial output fell 1.6 percent in fiscal 2024 from the previous year, down for the third straight year, due in part to a decline in car production following a quality scandal, according to ...

Influential billionaire investor Warren Buffett, 94, said Saturday he would retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group by the end of the year and that he would recommend his chosen ...

Artificial intelligence “agents” are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you want and can do real work on your behalf.