Passengers on the Kominato Railway, which operates a train line in the scenic Boso Peninsula, can really get the up-close ...

May, the sidewalk outside Oi Racecourse, in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward near Tokyo Bay, was filled with foreign visitors walking ...

Japan has experienced multiple “supereruptions” throughout its history, and one volcanologist is not sitting around idly ...

Technical flaws, ballooning costs and unconfirmed effectiveness have plagued the “ace card” in preventing groundwater from ...

Annual deaths from COVID-19 continue to top 30,000 in Japan, even three years since the seriousness of the infectious disease was downgraded to the level of seasonal influenza. Elderly people are most ...

SEOUL--The announcement by K-pop mega band BTS that members would serve mandatory military service in South Korea has removed ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

NAHA--A U.S. military helicopter flying over northern Okinawa Prefecture accidentally dropped a bag containing a flammable ...

The United States on Monday showcased its Typhon intermediate-range missile system in Japan for the first time, underscoring ...

Prioritizing speed, the government is moving to lower the consumption tax on groceries to 1 percent—not the promised zero-percent rate—for a two-year period starting next April, officials said June 2.

Education officials are puzzled and alarmed by an academic survey released on July 31 that shows younger students' academic ...

OSAKA—A fleet of electric-powered buses used to shuttle attendees during the Osaka Kansai Expo now function more as an eyesore than an emblem in a “graveyard” estimated to be worth billions of yen.