A volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupted early Sunday morning, sending a plume of ash and ...

The Chinese government on Sunday urged its citizens to carefully reconsider studying in Japan, citing what it described as an ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nearly half of full-time workers in their 20s in Japan engage in "oshi-katsu" activities in support of their ...

A woman in her 40s was stabbed by a man in central Tokyo's Akasaka district on Sunday, police said, adding that the suspected ...

A former prime minister who heads the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Saturday called for the ...

By Damian Flanagan The other day I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting presentation about antique books by an ...

Pet dogs are living longer than ever thanks to improved care, but with more pooches pushing past 10 years of age, there has ...

One in four major companies in Japan have had cases where they failed to reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities, ...

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Yokozuna Onosato continued his perfect start and sealed a winning record at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. but ...

As head of an organization advocating for the rights of deaf people, Daigo Ishibashi sees the upcoming Deaflympics in Tokyo ...

In an effort to reduce food waste from restaurants, the Fukuoka Prefectural Government in southwestern Japan has produced ...