The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sparked controversy on June 7 during a visit to Maebashi, by making remarks that some ...

Shonai residents enjoy an opulent culinary culture in the region that has taken root in helping them lead healthier ...

Gamblers in Japan illegally bet 6.5 trillion yen ($46 billion) on sports through overseas websites in 2024, a sign the nation ...

The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan ...

Four Self-Defense Force members were slightly injured in an explosion on June 9 while handling unexploded bombs at a storage ...

Beyond Yamashina, a district in southeastern Kyoto, I reached Nanzenji, a venerable Zen Buddhist temple. There, within the ...

Frustrated and angry, the remaining residents at an apartment building in Tokyo said they are determined to  continue ...

CHIBA—A prefectural commission plans to restrict crabbing for “gazami” crabs along the coast of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, ...

Once dismissed as outdated and having little value, kimono from the postwar era are now being re-evaluated for their rich ...

SEOUL--A Seoul court said on Monday it will indefinitely postpone a trial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced on June 9 that undercover police officers identified a suspect in a “yami ...