A nephew of the Japanese girl who became synonymous with the suffering caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima handed ...

Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on Oct. 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second-latest date ...

Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work. Now she drives more than 30 ...

Iwojima island, the stark volcanic outpost home to one of World War II’s fiercest battles, remains the site of an unfinished search—for the Imperial Japanese Army soldiers who never made it home. Of ...

A series of foreign companies are seeking treasure in Japan’s abandoned gold mines, particularly in Hokkaido. Local friction has also emerged as some argue this is a chance to save depopulated areas ...

An emotional yokozuna Onosato could not hold back the tears after ending a yearlong wait for a championship in convincing fashion at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 27. As Japan’s national ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

BANGKOK--After a long deployment in the Middle East, a U.S. Navy ⁠aircraft carrier will dock in Thailand’s ⁠resort city of Pattaya this week, raising hopes of an economic boost, even as local ...

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division of the prestigious Dagger Awards. “The Night of Baba Yaga,” translated by ...

Visitors to the Imperial Palace’s popular East Gardens will be able to stop for coffee when a new rest facility opens this autumn. A cafe to be added inside the provisionally named Ote rest area is ...

Sony Group Corp. is spinning off its long-struggling television business, once a flagship of its consumer electronics offerings. Its consumer electronics subsidiary Sony Corp. announced on Jan. 20 ...

SoftBank’s promise to pay its highest-ever yields in a record $11 billion junk-bond offering highlights the pressure on CEO Masayoshi Son to secure returns on his all-in bet on AI amid concerns about ...