The Japanese government has asked Japanese-language schools nationwide to consider using alternatives to the commonly used ...

The annual Uneme Festival was held around Sarusawa Pond in this ancient Japanese capital on the night of Sept. 25, under a ...

Japan's only pipe organ faithfully modeled on 18th-century instruments from the era of composer Johann Sebastian Bach has ...

While still considered feminine by some, skin care has gradually become more commonplace among men, particularly among ...

Raccoon damage is rising sharply across Japan, with agricultural losses nearing 700 million yen ($4.4 million) a year as the ...

Japanese golfer Yuna Nishimura completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Arkansas Championship on Sunday, capturing her maid ...

So Kuramoto, a Japanese screenwriter best known for the drama "Kita no kuni kara" (From the northern country), died earlier ...

Shipments of domestic soy sauce fell to 670,159 kiloliters in 2025, the lowest level in 75 years and roughly half of the peak ...

A 64-year-old man at a flower center here has achieved a string of world firsts in the difficult cultivation of carnivorous ...

Two separate mass shootings in South African townships within hours of each other have left at least 27 people dead, p ...

President Donald Trump had plans to dine late Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading voices on artificial ...

A 25-year-old social entrepreneur in Kyoto Prefecture is drawing attention with a nighttime farming experience that combines ...