Murakami used to sit beyond the outfield fence, stretching out with a beer to watch the game on a grassy slope.

Emergency measures already in place in Tokyo and the southern island of Okinawa will be extended until the end of August, after the Olympic...

Japan Medical Association President Toshio Nakagawa says the surge has been expected regardless of the Olympics. Experts say cases among yo...

The report, led by top health adviser Shigeru Omi, was released after Tokyo 2020's organising committee chief told the Sankei newspaper she...

Organizers say the 30-year-old policeman was assigned to control traffic on the April 17 leg in southwestern Kagawa prefecture. They said t...

Without new measures, daily infections in Tokyo could nearly triple to 3,500 per day by February and hit 7,000 by March, according to simul...

Delhi is projected to overtake Tokyo and become the most populous city in the world.

Sumitomo Corporation’s construction and real estate business is one of the largest investors, developers and managers of residential, retai...

Sumitomo Corporation’s construction and real estate business is one of the largest investors, developers and managers of residential, retai...

Population of Japan is projected to fall to about 87 million in the year 2060 if the nation's birthrate continues to remains low.

Nepal plans to distribute free SIM cards to hikers. Thousands who trek alone to remote Himalayan foothills need emergency rescue.

The metro rail projects in Tokyo and Hyderabad will have a common communication-based train control systems developed by French firm Thales.

Amid efforts to stabilise Japan's Fukushima plant, radiation levels have surged in seawater near the nuclear reactors north-east of the cap...

Technicians struggled Sunday to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant damaged by an earthquake in Japan as officials said the toll mi...

Google has added the biggest public transportation system in the US to its popular mapping service, showing travelers how to navigate New Y...

Land prices began rising again in 2005 for the first time in 14 years as the economy clawed back from its long downturn

Many members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board agreed they need to closely watch recent rises in land prices.