The Sapporo District Court sentenced a 37-year-old farmer to 6 1/2 years in prison on Oct. 29 for setting fire to a mosque ...

Legislation to establish a "second capital" to serve as a backup for Tokyo's core functions and decentralize economic ...

TANABE, Wakayama -- A shrine in this western Japan city has unveiled enormous New Year's "ema" votive plaques for 2027 ...

Character licensing company Sanrio Co. said Thursday it has decided to end a tie-up campaign with the hit Japanese spy ...

Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji got its first snowcap of the season on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with radar and ...

An exhibition aiming to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through the history of the former ...

A water-spraying drill was held on October 25 in Shirakawa-go, a settlement of traditional A-frame thatched-roof houses in ...

A book with photos and illustrations chronicling the growth of Punch, a Japanese macaque at a zoo in eastern Japan who ...

Researchers are conducting an excavation for fiscal 2026 at a fossil site in the Churui district of this northern Japan town ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday it has received about 5,500 pre-orders for its first new Pajero sport utility vehicle ...

Japan's Cabinet decided Friday to allocate about 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) from the government's reserves to finance a ...

China's ruling Communist Party vowed to continue its fight against corruption and officially approved the expulsion of former ...