A 5-year-old boy died after falling on an outdoor escalator at a ski slope here and getting his right arm caught in the ...

Feeling a stronger commitment to peace, Princess Kako, second daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, ...

SEOUL--North ‍Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of long-range strategic cruise missiles on Sunday, which confirmed ...

Nagano Prefecture was the most inquired-about relocation destination in fiscal 2024, reclaiming the top spot for the first time in two years, according to an internal affairs ministry survey.

The multi-vehicle pileup on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture was a culmination of a series of separate accidents ...

We live through words. At times our hearts leap with joy; at others we tremble with anger or sink into sorrow. Yet it is ...

The president of the Palestinian Authority expressed hope that Japan will recognize Palestine as a state and contribute to ...

All lanes on the Kan-etsu Expressway linking Tokyo and Niigata Prefecture were open for traffic on Dec. 28, two days after 67 ...

Nobuko Rena Nakayama says she still suffers from an identity crisis after being forced to move to Japan from Canada in 1946.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has approved the initial budget proposal for next fiscal year, which includes a record 122.3 trillion yen ($782 billion) in general-account expenditures.

NIIGATA—Tokyo Electric Power Co. has the green light to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant for the first time since its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant suffered a triple ...

SENDAI—The central government’s first disaster advisory under a new warning system caused confusion among foreign residents ...