The International Monetary Fund projects that Japan's nominal gross domestic product, measured in U.S. dollars, will be ...

An unusual contest testing how quickly and deeply people could sleep was held in the Japanese capital's Aoyama district on ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) has a unit known as the "field intelligence unit." Its stated purpose is to ...

Colored pavement is gradually becoming more common on crosswalks along school routes across Japan, with the spaces between ...

Municipalities neighboring major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka are increasingly concerned about losing child care workers to ...

At an inn in central Japan devoted to kombu, or Japanese edible kelp, guests can enjoy the seaweed in food and cocktails, ...

When the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the mighty, monied Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, it set up the first World ...

A string of drone attacks on at least seven cargo vessels in the Black Sea this month, off the coasts of NATO members Romania ...

The Kobe Municipal Government will lease about 3 kilometers of a massive disused tunnel in the mountains of Nishi Ward in ...

Japan's weather agency canceled a mistakenly issued warning of strong seismic shaking from an earthquake off northern Japan ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, regarded by Japan's neighbors ...

Many people in Japan think pets are family. In disasters, many people now leave home with their pets. But local governments ...