A Japanese shinkansen bullet train operator has stepped up efforts to recycle retired train cars using a patented method to ...

Gov. Yuriko Koike said she will encourage the implementation of paid household waste disposal in the Japanese capital's 23 ...

TOKYO -- Amid the threat of cyberattacks, what preparations should companies make to prevent damage?

A female chimpanzee known for her ability to recognize letters and numbers has died of old age and multiple organ failure at ...

Applications for chef positions at Japan's embassies and consulates abroad have surged to over three times the number of ...

Participants gather at the Teppuzu Inari Shrine in Tokyo to bathe in ice-cold water to purify their souls and pray for good ...

Niseko, one of Japan's premier ski resorts in Hokkaido, has been labeled "foreignized" in a wave of online rumors. Posts on ...

Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has ...

A forest fire broke out in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sunday, with the local government requesting the dispatch o ...

A newborn baby was found dead in the snow in Shiogama last year, shocking the local community and prompting residents to ...

These 77 ingredients are found in approximately 1,100 products, such as pain relievers and antiallergic drugs, potentially ...

Supporters of Nepal's deposed royal family rallied in the capital on Sunday demanding the restoration of the monarchy ahead o ...