On humid days, the true value of a refreshing flavor becomes apparent. Akihiko Murata, the owner of a Japanese restaurant, ...

A large rockfall on Thursday afternoon has halted cruises inside the Blue Cave, a tourist attraction at a cliff in Otaru, ...

All 84 pavilions have now opened at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, with Nepal’s pavilion opening on Saturday. The Nepal pavilion ...

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press) — Voting is underway on Sunday in an election for Japan’s House of Councillors, the upper chamber ...

Digitally crafted re-creations of items that belonged to victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing are on display at the 2025 ...

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa plans to visit the United States this week at the earliest for an eighth ...

A passenger’s smartphone or mobile battery caught fire inside a train on the JR Yamanote Line between Shin-Okubo and Shinjuku ...

A noh piece themed on the double-flowered cherry blossoms cherished in the ancient capital of Nara will be performed at the ...

Friends and former colleagues of Yoshiji Kigami, an animator who died in the July 2019 arson attack at a Kyoto animation ...

Temperatures rose significantly on Sunday, exceeding 35 C in various parts of the country including the Hokuriku, Kanto and ...

Telephone booths modeled after the “Kaze no Denwa” (Wind phone) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture — a public phone not connected ...

When successful artist Ai-Da unveiled a new portrait of King Charles III last week, the humanoid robot described what ...