Hito wa Mitame ga Kyuwari” (Appearances matter 90% for people) became a bestselling book in Japan. With its eye-catching ...

A memorial hall of Satoshi Omura, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 10 years ago, opened in his hometown of ...

Officials of an Aomori Prefecture village, famous for its rice paddy art, are proud of this year’s work, saying that it is ...

The first sumo tournament featuring two yokozuna in five years lost one of its featured wrestlers after just five days.

A Chinese court’s sentencing of a Japanese man to 3½ years in prison for allegedly engaging in espionage could deal a setback ...

The government has set a goal of increasing the annual number of foreign visitors to 60 million and their consumption to ¥15 ...

A procession of yamahoko floats was held at the Gion Festival in Kyoto on Thursday, a traditional event that has continued ...

A major U.S. electric power company intends to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as ...

Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated to Kagoshima City and other locations ...

NARITA, Chiba – Narita Airport is facing the busiest time of year for live eel imports as it gets closer to the Day of the Ox ...

The National Police Agency announced Thursday its plan to request overseas casino operators and services that lead to online ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...