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

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 ...

People aged 65 and over account for a record-high 29.4 percent of Japan's population, the finalized 2025 census results showed Tuesday, 0.9 percentage point higher than in the previous survey in 2020 ...

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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters as he deals with a knee problem.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.

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's Mako Fukube, center, competes in the women's 100 meters hurdles final at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Sunday. Fukube won the gold, while compatriot Hitomi Nakajima took silver. China's Wu ...

Seven years after becoming the second-highest grossing film ever, “Avengers: Endgame” returned to the No. 1 spot at the box ...

Taylor Swift broke records at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, as she is known to do. The pop powerhouse received the inaugural Artist Director Honors on Sunday night, becoming the most-awarded artist ...