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

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

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 ...

Viviane Dunn composed this haiku on the path leading to Mangiennes, Bois de Merle, and Damvillers-By-Verdun, France. Her poem ...

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

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--City authorities gave the go-ahead for trial balloon rides at ancient burial grounds here from early ...

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

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

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

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

Once dismissed as outdated and having little value, kimono from the postwar era are now being re-evaluated for their rich ...