OTSU—A nearly intact pottery vessel believed to be over 10,000 years old was discovered near the Tsuzuraozaki underwater ...

OITA—A “fire whirl” was observed in the deadly conflagration that has devastated the Saganoseki district of Oita city.

SEOUL--A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who recently triggered China’s fury with a comment suggesting a Chinese move against ...

Of Osaka’s 24 administrative wards, Ikuno is a lively district long known for its deep multicultural roots—a trait that has ...

Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on ...

To revive abandoned farmland, Otaki town officials have turned to unorthodox crops that can survive in barren terrain and ...

A car struck about 10 people in Tokyo on Monday, seriously injuring two of them, and the driver was arrested after fleeing ...

NARA--Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressed remorse for his actions but ...

WASHINGTON--Japan has dismissed a Chinese letter to the United Nations accusing Tokyo of threatening armed intervention over Taiwan as ...

OITA—Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in Oita city’s Saganoseki district on Nov. 19 after a body was found in the ...

An aquarium worker here has created an affordable, compact pressurized container that can restore the health of deep-sea fish ...