A family of three were taken to hospital following an emergency call reporting a suspected spraying incident inside a JR ...

Part of the uniform for a new integrated junior and senior high school here will consist of off-the-shelf items from fast ...

At the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in 2022, ...

The team discovered that delays in a person's first marriage and the birth of a first child associated with higher ...

Paying more than the once-common ceiling of 1,000 yen (about $6.40) for lunch in central Tokyo has become routine, drawing attention to emplo ...

Yokozuna Hoshoryu appeared to be hurt and limped from the ring following an upset loss to komusubi Takayasu as the Summer Grand Sumo ...

The former main and east buildings of the Kagawa Prefectural Government complex here are masterpieces of modernist ...

The president of the company that runs the Yudetaro soba noodle chain in Japan is using Facebook to defend his company's ...

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What is the formal name of the Yamato Museum that recently reopened after renovation work in Hiroshima Prefecture?

The Japanese cruise ship, Nippon Maru, returned Sunday to a port south of Tokyo after its final voyage to mark the end of its ...