July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, after over 1,000 ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an ...

A senior U.S. military official apologized to the Okinawa prefectural government on Thursday over a 2024 sexual assault case ...

Major Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya Co. will introduce its first-ever noodle menu item in its 125-year history, at all ...

Official campaigning kicked off Thursday for Japan's July 20 House of Councillors election -- the first national poll to be ...

Mt. Shinmoe, an erupting volcano in southwestern Japan, was observed blowing an ash plume 5,000 meters above its crater, th ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday expressed a strong desire to visit Japan at an early date, showing eagerness ...

Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Thursday after directionless trading as many investors took to the sidelines ahead of the ...

URAYASU, Chiba -- Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR)'s special summer program "Summer Cool-off" began July 2 with a surprise ...

The man's name is Yusuke Furusawa. He is 49 years old. He works building sets for TV shows. After work, he goes alone to ...