Crowds cheer as ornate 5-meter-tall floats parade through the streets of Aomori City on Saturday, when the five-day Nebuta ...

In Shiga Prefecture, there are many tea-producing areas including Asamiya and Tsuchiyama in Koka, and Mandokoro in Higashiomi ...

Sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu broke 10 seconds in the men’s 100 meters for the second time in his career on Sunday, a performance ...

Sunday marked one month since strong earthquakes that reached lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale hit Akusekijima ...

Four male workers in their 50s died after falling down a manhole on Saturday morning at a sewer pipe inspection site in Gyoda ...

Temperatures continued to rise across the country on Sunday, with many places recording over 35 C. A high of 39.3 C was ...

About 390 people took part in a calligraphy event in which calligraphers displayed their skills in the traditional Japanese ...

A technology for quality inspection developed by a Hamamatsu-based company is being used for fly control in the island nation ...

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has taken part in a multinational tabletop space defense exercise in Australia aimed at ...

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is considering creating a new framework to support elderly people who live alone and ...

Tokyo prosecutors are considering issuing a summary indictment of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda’s policy ...

A memorial service to remember the Sakhalin huskies that accompanied Japan’s first Antarctic expedition team was held in ...