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

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 ...

The Japanese major weekly Sunday Mainichi will suspend publication next April, ending its more than 100-year history, its ...

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

The central Philippine province of Bohol is embracing bamboo, a traditional material used in construction and handicraf ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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