Voters in Okinawa's gubernatorial election over the weekend placed greater priority on boosting the economy than on the issue ...

Autumn watermelon cultivation is expanding in this eastern Japan city, one of the country's leading watermelon-producing ...

Police on Tuesday conducted an evacuation drill using cars in Tomakomai based on the scenario of a major tsunami warning ...

The government on Tuesday approved a tax reform package that would cut Japan's 8 percent consumption tax on food and ...

August downpours devastated Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo a month ago, and while damaged vehicles have been removed from roads ...

Japan Post Co. is considering scaling back some of its services as its mail business continues to run at a loss. The Mainichi Shimbun answers some com ...

Corporate racketeers -- once common during Japan's period of high economic growth -- are dwindling in number. Even so, ...

A nighttime event in which participants posing as ninja from Iga and Koka in west Japan -- considered the birthplaces of ...

Japanese-born Korean actor Yuri Nakamura has died after an illness, her talent agency said Monday. She was 44.

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Kazuma Okamoto hit his 33rd home run, homering for the second straight game in Monday's 6-5 loss to ...

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Japan began accepting reservations Tuesday for discounted travel and hotel stays in Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures under a ...