An advertising company in the southwest Japan city of Fukuoka has launched an online platform to purchase bus-related ...

False claims that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's grandfather served as an Imperial Japanese Army officer during the ...

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Overseas travel from Japan is projected to continue rising in 2026, albeit at a slower pace due to the weak yen, with nearby ...

Japan's opposition parties on Friday stepped up their pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition over ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- "Hunchback," a novel by Japanese author Saou Ichikawa, is rapidly gaining international recognition, earning ...

Tours allowing visitors to observe hibernating Asian black bears at a zoo here is drawing strong interest amid a series of ...

The Asahikawa Golf Club here is making use of its snow-covered greens by opening a winter activity venue called Asahikawa ...

The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern ...

Twenty-two groups in Nagasaki, including A-bomb survivor groups, have protested against comments about changing Japan's three ...

Residents gathered in Tokyo on Friday to oppose misinformation and discrimination against foreigners as campaigning for the ...

The Japanese yen appreciated rapidly to the upper 155 level against the U.S. dollar in New York on Friday amid caution over a ...