The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) are down -0.35%, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are down -0.67%. Stock index futures this morning are moderately lower as bond yields jumped after the monthly U.S. payroll report showed a larger-than-expected increase in nonfarm payrolls and an...

Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons

A Japanese court is due Tuesday to give a verdict in the landmark trial of three ex-soldiers accused of sexual assault in a country where still very few victims come forward.

The shrinking town of Kainan in Wakayama prefecture is offering money to people to relocate there – but there’s a catch

After Kevin Muscat announced his departure from Yokohama F. Marinos, fellow former Socceroo Harry Kewell is reportedly the frontrunner to replace him.

When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will get a theatrical release in Japan after all

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

Ex-Wallabies coach Dave Rennie resumes club coaching when he guides Kobelco Kobe Steelers in the opening round of Japan Rugby League one this weekend.