FUKUSHIMA—A bear that was trapped in a factory here after attacking four people outwitted a city-led capture team by ...

HIROSHIMA--Family members of a U.S. prisoner of war who died in the atomic bombing in Hiroshima only weeks after his aircraft ...

An iron object excavated in Fukui could be part of a saw dating to the late Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (second to third ...

Typhoon No. 6 not only dumped record levels of rain on Tokyo, but it also provided a possible preview of what’s in store for ...

A labor union at Amnesty International Japan is boycotting work-related duties as it calls for the replacement of the ...

Two of Japan’s top consumer electronics retailers announced on June 4 that they are considering a merger, which would ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the turmoil in the Middle East would not preclude an interest rate hike less than two ...

There once was a catchy TV commercial jingle that went, “Nijuyojikan tatakaemasuka” (literally, “Can you fight for 24 hours?” ...

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, ...

Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on Friday, underscoring the fragile nature of its recovery now under threat ...

Typhoon No. 6 made landfall in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture on the morning of June 3 and was tracking eastward ...

Diet executives discussing a proposal to secure a stable number of imperial family members are mulling adding an age ...