It was in 1933, the year Japan withdrew from the League of Nations, that historian Sokichi Tsuda publicly criticized the ...

Japan's sandy beaches are shrinking. For about 40 years from shortly after World War II, the main reason was that less sand ...

Amid the widespread adoption of telework since the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns are growing in Japan and abroad about the ...

A bill that would create a system allowing prefectures outside the Tokyo metropolitan area to be designated as a ...

Deliberations on a bill to revise Japan's Imperial House Law began in a House of Councillors special committee on July 15, ...

Yanai goldfish lanterns are a local folk craft made by pasting Japanese paper over bamboo frames to form the shape of a ...

A Kyushu University research group has, for the first time in the world, identified a tactile nerve that suppresses pain, ...

Isamu Sonoda, a judo gold medalist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics who later coached popular female judoka Ryoko Tani to ...

Japan's parliament decided on Friday to extend its current session for eight days until July 25 as the ruling bloc needs more ...

Major Japanese frozen food maker Nichirei Corp. on Friday resumed operations at refrigerated warehouses after supply chains ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged Friday, briefly falling over 6 percent, as investors accelerated selling amid overheating ...

The following are questions and answers about changes to Japan's Imperial House Law enacted by parliament on Friday.