A survey of Fukuoka Municipal Government employees over their dealings with the city assembly found that 26 employees ...

Residents of a condominium recently deluged by torrential rain in this east Japan city managed to get electricity restored ...

A virus-based esophageal cancer drug developed by a startup from Okayama University has gone on sale following approval from ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will raise its tuition subsidy for guardians living in the capital whose children attend private junior hig ...

Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese avant-garde artist known worldwide for her repetitive imagery of polka dots, pumpkin sculptures and ...

Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of touri ...

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This city in southwest Japan honored three high school students on Aug. 18. The students saved three elementary school pupils ...

The Bank of Japan should continue to raise its key policy rate, BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said Thursday, citing upsid ...

Tokyo stocks were slightly mixed Thursday morning, as gains in artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares ...

A German AeroLogic cargo jet made an emergency landing at Narita airport near Tokyo on Thursday due to a problem with its ...

What is the purpose of Yoho Brewing Co.'s new ...