Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on Oct. 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second-latest date ...

Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work. Now she drives more than 30 ...

A nephew of the Japanese girl who became synonymous with the suffering caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima handed ...

Iwojima island, the stark volcanic outpost home to one of World War II’s fiercest battles, remains the site of an unfinished search—for the Imperial Japanese Army soldiers who never made it home. Of ...

The leader of a minor political party whose tirades against ethnic Koreans led in part to “hate speech” legislation used election law stipulations to blare insults toward the Chinese Embassy. Makoto ...

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia--Russia on Tuesday condemned upcoming joint military exercises between Japan, Australia and the United States and said it had formally complained to Tokyo about the deployment of U ...

An emotional yokozuna Onosato could not hold back the tears after ending a yearlong wait for a championship in convincing fashion at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 27. As Japan’s national ...

A series of foreign companies are seeking treasure in Japan’s abandoned gold mines, particularly in Hokkaido. Local friction has also emerged as some argue this is a chance to save depopulated areas ...

Typhoon No. 24 slowed near southwestern Japan on Sept. 4 and could linger over waters near Okinawa through around Sept. 8, prolonging heavy rain and flood risks across a wide area of the country. As ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 6 was expected to bring heavy rain and violent winds to Okinawa Prefecture on June 1 before veering toward the main Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. The Japan ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

Visitors to the Imperial Palace’s popular East Gardens will be able to stop for coffee when a new rest facility opens this autumn. A cafe to be added inside the provisionally named Ote rest area is ...