The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

This year's first winners of the Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes, which are given out twice annually, were announced Wednesday in Tokyo.

New coronavirus cases in Japan's capital hit a record on Thursday, surging past 30,000 for the first time since the pandemic began, spurring officials to call for more vigilance.

JEMMA REEKIE has watched her Olympic final back, just once or twice. Tokyo brought a snapshot of exhilarating promise, then devastating despair, as…

The two gold medal winners attended the Where The Crawdads Sing Irish premiere on Tuesday evening.

The government is in the final stage of coordinating the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 27, government sources revealed Wednesday.

"I can say with confidence, 'Please continue to have expectations for me,'" were words that stood out as two-time Winter Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu announced his retirement from international competition at a Tuesday press conference in Tokyo.

A rehabilitation center in Kyrgyzstan has received a shipment of canes donated by a Tokyo man who has been helping visually impaired people in the central Asian country.

A poll of 27,000 city-dwellers from Melbourne to Madrid, Chicago to Copenhagen and Tel Aviv to Tokyo, saw Rome come out top as the dirtiest on the globe followed by New York in second place.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan stressed on Tuesday the Kingdom's commitment to the stability of energy markets. The Minister said Saudi Arabia is focused on maintaining the stability of oil markets through OPEC+, asserting that dialogue within the group is very active and responds to the requirements of…