A type 2 diabetes drug approved by Japan's health ministry is being taken by young people seeking rapid weight loss, a ...

People in Japan were swindled out of a record 324.11 billion yen ($2.1 billion) in 2025 in investment and romance scams on ...

U.S. restaurant chain Anna Miller's will reopen in Japan for the first time in three years on Friday, with its distinctive staff unif ...

With bear sightings and incidents increasing nationwide, a research team at Akita University focusing on the elderly will ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- "Umamusume: Cinderella Gray" and "Initial D" are among popular titles featured on the 2026 list of anime pilgrimage sites in Japan that fans most want to visit, a tourism association ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning it ...

KYOTO -- Geiko and their "maiko" apprentices will perform an elegant dance drama based on the European folk tale "Cinderella" ...

The Nagasaki Lantern Festival, where lanterns illuminate the winter night sky over the city of Nagasaki, began on February 6.

Japan's main opposition force, the Centrist Reform Alliance, elected 54-year-old Junya Ogawa as its new head on Friday, as ...

The advisory panel to Japan's justice minister on Thursday submitted an outline of proposed amendments to the criminal ...

Japan and the United States agreed Thursday to speed up selection of the first round of investment projects under a $550 ...

Japan's Mitsuki Ono won bronze and U.S. snowboarding great Chloe Kim took silver as 17-year-old South Korean Choi Ga On was ...