The suicide rate among elementary school pupils has surged in recent years and tends to spike in the April to June period, ...

Okinawa prefectural police and U.S. service members conducted a joint patrol here near the U.S. Kadena Air Base late on April ...

Japan was first up among nations around the world in negotiations with the United States over high tariffs unilaterally ...

Asian shares were mixed on Monday following the Easter weekend holiday, with some markets still closed. U.S. futures were ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...

The operator of Tokyo Disney Resort has joined a growing number of businesses taking steps to protect employees from customer ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

Cartographer Ino Tadataka (1745-1818) was 55 years old when he set out on his first surveying trip in 1800 to chart the coast ...

The race was sponsored by a department of the Beijing municipal government. While both humans and androids took part, the ...

Village officials have released an unusual tourism guidebook aimed at alleviating overtourism problems and concerns in the ...

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s ...