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A research team led by Prof. Shinji Sugiura at Kobe University announced in an academic journal o...

Service on the inbound and outbound lines of the Yamagata Shinkansen between Yamagata and Yonezaw...

Kashima Antlers clinched a record-extending ninth J.League top division title with a 2-1 win over...

OTSU — The world karuta championship, using the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology, was held a...

The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted a b...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa — A traditional ritual called Aenokoto was held to express gratitude to a deity ...

The government and ruling parties have begun debating on raising the income tax rate by 1 percent...

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, will soon resign from his po...

Last year, a spate of robberies, related to “dark part-time jobs,” in the Tokyo metropolitan area...

The ruling coalition intends to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives, no ma...

WASHINGTON — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday released its National ...

NAGOYA — A former male teacher in Nagoya was indicted Friday for allegedly possessing sexually ex...

WASHINGTON — Japan will face the Netherlands, ranked No. 7 in the world, in its opening match of ...

HIROSHIMA — Fantastic lighting has given a touch of fairyland to Hiroshima’s Peace Boulevard, whi...