Over a thousand people were forced to leave Ioto Island, also known as Iwojima, during World War II. The Japanese government ...

Close to a third of Japan’s population is now aged 65 or over. One of the biggest challenges facing them is how to stay in ...

Myaku-Myaku, the popular googly-eyed mascot of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, is on tour. And evidently, by any means ...

In Hokkaido, generations of children have grown up with the traditional Bon dance melody "Kodomo Bonodori Uta." Now, one man ...

Manchurian Incident, Kamitani Masami describes being recruited to northeastern China during World War II, as a youth below ...

A high school in Hokkaido, northern Japan, faces the threat of closure, due to declining birthrates. Rebun High School has ...

Scaling Mount Fuji comes with risks, especially during the off season. Authorities in the two prefectures straddled by ...

Koja Genta will be the next governor of the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. Supported by multiple national ...

A school shooting in Thailand has prompted a push for greater gun control in the country, which has the highest rate of ...

Japan's Self-Defense Forces have begun aerial firefighting operations as a series of forest fires continue to rage across ...

Police in Thailand have detained 14 people allegedly involved in call-center scams targeting people in Japan. The police ...

Traditional horseback archery known as "yabusame" has been performed at a Shinto shrine in Kamakura City, west of Tokyo.