As the sun rose on the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, 28,000 people, with most from Fukushima ...

VILNIUS--Lithuania’s Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to ...

CANNES--Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda hopes to repeat his success at the Cannes Film Festival, five years after winning ...

With just a week to go until the start of the Paris Games, the leader of Japan’s Olympic women’s gymnastics team has been ...

Water accidents left 242 people dead or missing nationwide in July and August, marking a third consecutive year-on-year ...

Guests checking in might think they are in a toy store, as some 500 Plarail train cars were seen lined up by the side of the ...

For decades, humble signs hand-cut from industrial tape have guided millions of commuters through the labyrinth of Tokyo’s ...

KYOTO—A made-in-Japan humanoid that’s part of a project to help the country make up for lost ground in android development ...

Box office earnings in Japan totaled 206.983 billion yen ($1.35 billion) in 2024, down by 6.5 percent from the previous year, ...

The government is set to introduce a variable road pricing system in stages nationwide from fiscal 2025 as part of efforts to ...

KYOTO—As the ancient capital grapples with overtourism, Kyoto city officials will raise the accommodation tax to a maximum of ...

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, ...