The Upper House passed into law on June 11 a measure to convert the Science Council of Japan into a special corporation and ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean ...

Help is at hand for customers who have hearing problems or difficulty speaking Japanese at Yamato Transport Co.’s parcel ...

Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time, Japanese ...

KUMAMOTO--Kimiko Nishimoto, who found success late in life as a photographer, died at a hospital here from cholangiocarcinoma ...

From the lakeside city of Otsu to Kyoto, I walked a roughly 12-kilometer stretch of the Biwako Sosui—a historic manmade ...

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

OpenAI is seeing an increasing number of Chinese groups using its artificial intelligence technology for covert operations, ...

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

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong on Friday was charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger ...

Princess Kako arrived here on June 5 for an official visit commemorating the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations ...

KITAYAMA, Wakayama Prefecture--Thrill-seekers take note: The season for white water rafting on the Kitayamagawa river is now ...