Memorial events were held in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17 to remember and pray for the 6,434 people who perished in the Great ...

The dreaded springtime clouds of yellow sand carried by westerly winds were observed in Osaka on Jan. 16, a rare occurrence ...

I am pretty sure that my first assignment upon arrival on the scene on the night of Jan. 17, 1995, was to report on the fires ...

East Japan Railway Co. resumed operations on the JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines after power outages halted all morning ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with her Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, for the first time in Tokyo on Jan. 16, ...

A consumption tax cut will be a cornerstone policy of Chudo Kaikaku Rengo, the new centrist party formed through the merger ...

A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight ...

BEIJING--Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for ...

The photo area featuring lifesize setups of Studio Ghibli scenes that guests can step into has been revamped for the first time since Ghibli Park opened here in 2022.

YOKOHAMA--A senior Yokohama official accused Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka of power harassment on Jan. 15 and called for ...

BANGKOK--The military government of Myanmar, long noted as one of the world’s biggest producers of heroin and methamphetamine ...

The Japanese government said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over ⁠Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service ‌Grok, stating that ‍the government would consider every ...