The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry on Friday eased rules for the release of government-stockpiled rice, which ...

Firefighters resumed efforts to rescue a truck driver who fell into a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama ...

A short film about a young woman’s efforts to revitalize tourism in her home town, Tawarayama Onsen hot spring resort in ...

Many railroad fans recently came to Izumo to say goodbye to a pair of Ichibata Electric Railway trains, once known as “Izumo ...

Breeding season has arrived for humpback whales, which means it is also time for them to migrate off the coast of Amami ...

The Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs have reaffirmed that Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty applies to the Senkaku ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to have their first summit talks in Washington on ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police Chief Toshiyuki Murai explained his decision to publicly refute false information circulating on ...

Due to a low-pressure system passing south of Honshu, snowfall is expected in the Tokyo metropolitan area from early Sunday ...

Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for ...

How Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will face the Japan-U.S. summit to be held early this month at the earliest has become a ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency plans to ask the Nuclear Regulation Authority to review its plan for building a hydrogen ...