A powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northeastern and northern Japan on Monday, with a tsunami warning ...

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For the first time since Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in November, Keung Mak will ...

The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet dropped to 53% in a nationwide public opinion poll conducted ...

Central Japan's Mie Prefecture is considering reinstating a nationality requirement that would limit local public-service ...

The online shop of Umeda Hakuundai, located in Osaka's Kita Ward, sells the bouquets prepared with wagyu shoulder. The meat ...

The average price of a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 18.5 percent in fiscal 2025 from the previous year to a record ...

ANA Holdings Inc. on Monday said it will raise fuel surcharges for international flights beginning May, a month earlier than ...

The number of measles patients has surged in Japan, raising concerns about the wider spread of the infection. According to ...

Hirokazu Ibata will step down as Japan's national baseball team manager when his contract expires at the end of next month, ...

More major Japanese companies plan to reduce the number of new graduates they hire from fiscal 2027 despite the country's ...

As Children's Day on May 5 approaches, 71-year-old sixth-generation artisan Takeshi Takada is seen hand-painting the final ...