In 1953, Japanese military veterans who had returned from the Burma campaign in World War II and others formed Prefecture ...

A public high school in this northern Japan town of about 5,000 people on Hokkaido's Tokachi Plain is offering a ...

Japan's weather agency on Saturday issued its highest landslide warning for Yakushima Island in the southwestern Japanese ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said at a news conference on Sept. 4 that the government is not considering ...

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, a Tokyo-based public interest incorporated organization, has urged that Japan consider hiring ...

Passport applications increased in all 47 Japanese prefectures in July after a sharp reduction in issuance fees, surging to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is stepping up her use of the social media platform X. Her posts should be managed as ...

The Kitakyushu Municipal Board of Education reported 391 paperback books missing from two local public libraries on Sept. 3, ...

Two bears were found under the eaves of an annex at a home in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 3, prompting the city ...

Japan forward Ayase Ueda scored on his debut for Lille on Thursday, hitting a winner in their 1-0 victory away to Toulouse ...

The U.S. dollar briefly weakened to the lower 155 yen range in early Tokyo trading Friday, after falling over 3 yen in New ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers in Nepal have pulled one worker alive from a tunnel, Nepal Army spokesperson Brig. Gen.