Fukui City is historically significant for its status as a major political center under the Matsudaira clan during the Edo ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says that Japan and the United States have become "allies bound by very strong ties" based on mutual trust after World War II, following a U.S.-China summit that noted ...

Chubu Electric Power Co on Friday submitted necessary documents to withdraw its applications for regulatory screening to restart two of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka ...

A high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due on Wednesday. AI ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps urged Americans to vote out U.S. President Donald Trump's allies in Congress as U.S.

Shuichiro Hoshi, a professor of criminal law at Tokyo Metropolitan University. One of two Chilean men indicted for stealing watches from a store in Tokyo and also stealing luxury watches from a Tokyo ...

The number of ski resorts in Japan that operate entirely on natural snowfall could plummet to just seven if global warming continues to accelerate without effective countermeasures being taken, a ...

Tadashi Matsuda, a senior chief researcher with Real Estate Economic Institute Co. (REEI), explaining the trend of surging prices for new condominiums in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

A 46-year-old man from Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of assault after he allegedly stabbed a bar customer in the back with a broken glass in Agano City, also in ...

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters as he deals with a knee problem. Sinner has not played since beating Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon final. He withdrew from the U.S.

Kyoto plans to introduce dual pricing for admission fees to Nijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as early as from fiscal 2027, charging out-of-town visitors twice as much as city residents, a ...