Plastic waste is a major environmental issue, polluting rivers and oceans and posing health risks to wildlife and humans as microplastics enter the body. The OECD projects that annual leakage into ...

The anshoku bread baked by the Kobe-based Tommy’s bakery company is not only beloved by locals but also by those living ...

The need to survive made hibakusha reluctant to speak. Taeko Kiriya, an associate professor of peace studies at Tama ...

North Korea's criticism of Japan's missile program looks comical against the backdrop of its own missile arsenal, which it ...

Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked ...

A spotlight is on the Tsushima Strait. That’s because China’s new submarine rescue ship was recently spotted by Japan’s ...

NAHA—The exterior of Shuri-jo Castle's main hall stands reborn once more with reconstruction complete and reporters visiting ...

Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city in history to be attacked with an atomic bomb. Eighty years have passed since this incident and the formal end of World War II in Japan. Hiroshima is ...

Surprisingly, Japan’s worst traffic isn’t in the bustling cities of Tokyo or Osaka—it’s in Okinawa! With limited public ...

Japan's Emperor Hirohito ordered his country's surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the seco ...