The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Out to make history, Emerson Jones has bowed out in the semi-finals of the Australian Open girls' singles and then fallen in the title match of the doubles.

Japan's much-loved "tonkatsu" pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings.

Assassin's Creed Shadows is now landing in March, but I still got the opportunity to go hands-on with an early build... and I'm feeling very optimistic now.

The president says he may impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% levy on Chinese goods.

A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death

‘I will continue to face my problems and will respond in good faith,’ says former boy band member

After a tough fight on Thursday at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, world No. 10 Lakshya Sen lost to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 16-21, 21-12, 21-23 in the second round, while the champion men's doubles pair of the Asian Games, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, also bowed out.

Suspect, believed to be man in his 40s, remains at large

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations