Anna Mironova developed a desire to learn about Japan when she was a young girl, but there were no Japanese language teachers ...

The government will dispatch civilians to work in an international body tasked with providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts, and the Los ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government has been described as “hard-line conservative,” while some say the Make America ...

The government is being blamed for the record number of mergers and acquisitions by placing too much importance on the ...

NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go ...

Shohei Ohtani won't make his next scheduled start on the mound because of left knee irritation and isn't expected back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation for a while.

Less than half of foreign travelers know at least one of the eight major sightseeing areas in the Tohoku region and just 16 ...

Usually packed with quiet business passengers, a Tokaido Shinkansen hosted lively travelers of the four-legged variety ...

Japan’s total population has shrunk by around 3.1 million, or 2.5 percent, since the last census in 2020, according to preliminary data from 2025 released by the internal affairs ministry on May 29.

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, ...