The Japanese Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended that master brewer Naohiko Noguchi, 93, of Noto, Ishikawa ...

A 43-year-old man who filmed nuisance acts at a major Japanese conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain and posted the videos on ...

Japanese internet services provider GMO Internet Group Inc. said Saturday it has asked the government to take preemptive ...

Fewer parents in Japan want a second child. A survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. found that only 28.2% of parents with ...

To most people, a receipt is a scrap of paper to be stuffed into a pocket or thrown away without a second thought. To Japane ...

High school students here found that the Japanese rice fish, commonly known as medaka, can voluntarily dive more than 10 ...

Japan's unpopular revisions to the Imperial House Law that reinforce the male-only succession rules took effect Saturday. The ...

A 112-year-old family-run miso producer in southwestern Japan is seeking to rebuild after a powerful earthquake in July for ...

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday that he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060.

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games concluded Saturday with a closing ceremony, as organizers expressed hope that the ...

Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi brushed by the island Friday, packing ...

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