A 20-year-old U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman, ...

The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force on Saturday invited selected residents to see equipment for the recently deployed long ...

Munetaka Murakami got his first MLB postseason home run Saturday as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 ...

Sakura City Hall in Chiba Prefecture stands on elevated ground about a 10-minute walk southwest of Keisei-Sakura Station. Its ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine drags on, attacks are increasingly damaging facilities operated by foreign companies in the ...

The Niigata Prefecture city of Murakami is known as a leading producer of chum salmon on the Sea of Japan coast. The city's ...

Japanese opposition party leaders on Saturday piled pressure on the farm minister over controversial remarks alluding to the ...

Adam Rauch. From Frogpond Vol. XXI, No. 1, 1998. Haiku Society of America, USA.

Saint Laurent sent out a river of gold, as giant chandeliers bathed a glossy black outdoor runway in golden light and the ...

More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in w ...

The Imperial Palace forest in the heart of Tokyo has long served as a refuge for wildlife. A 30-year project studying the ...