A Nepalese man was mistakenly arrested and detained for about an hour on Thursday as police officers were unaware of a new ...

As debate intensifies in Mie Prefecture over reinstating nationality requirements for prefectural employees, a public ...

Cool Japan Fund Inc., a public-private investment vehicle created with strong government backing to promote Japanese culture ...

Yamaguchi prefectural police have begun DNA tests on remains of victims of a 1942 undersea coal mine accident off western ...

Japan's weather agency on Thursday warned of heavy rain along the Pacific coast from southwestern to eastern Japan over the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck northeastern Japan on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued, ...

Japan on Thursday passed a revised law on dangerous driving resulting in death or injury that establishes numerical standards ...

Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked b ...

From hunger to discomfort, artificial intelligence apps are being trained to interpret baby cries, with developers in Japan ...

More than 10 people were taken to the hospital Thursday after a multi-vehicle collision involving a school bus in Osaka ...

The Iwakuni branch of the Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office leaked the names of a prosecution inquest panel's ...

A luxury hotel created by renovating the Former Nara Prison, a nationally designated important cultural property, was ...