The Japanese major weekly Sunday Mainichi will suspend publication next April, ending its more than 100-year history, its ...

Character licensing company Sanrio Co. said Thursday it has decided to end a tie-up campaign with the hit Japanese spy ...

A shrine in this western Japan city has unveiled enormous New Year's "ema" votive plaques for 2027 featuring two smiling ...

An exhibition aiming to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through the history of the former ...

Researchers are conducting an excavation for fiscal 2026 at a fossil site in the Churui district of this northern Japan town ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday it has received about 5,500 pre-orders for its first new Pajero sport utility vehicle ...

Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji got its first snowcap of the season on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with radar and ...

Grapes hang from vines on the rooftop of a high-rise building in central Tokyo, while rice stalks sway in a paddy. Major ...

Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba passed away on Oct. 22 at the age of 87, having remained a central figure in the manga ...

The Bank of Japan said Friday that underlying inflation has generally reached its 2 percent target, nearly 14 years after the ...

Five people were rescued but one remained missing after a fire broke out on a tugboat off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture ...

China's ruling Communist Party vowed to continue its fight against corruption and officially approved the expulsion of former ...