There are countless fixed stars in the firmament, but Sei Shonagon (c.966-c.1025) named only the Pleiades star cluster and ...

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period (794-1185) court attire giving a ...

Wearing menacing masks and straw coats, a father-son team kept a tradition alive here by making the rounds and terrifying ...

The Agency for Cultural Affairs is soliciting public comments about its plans to change romanization rules of the Japanese ...

The estimated number of New Year’s cards delivered on Jan. 1 plunged 34 percent from a year ago--the steepest decline in more ...

KOBE--Sake brewers nearly put out of business by the Great Hanshin Earthquake will mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster ...

The Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024, revealed flaws in specialized indoor shelters designed to protect evacuees ...

Surrounded by disaster debris and with tears welling in his eyes, Keisuke Oma offered a 30-second silent prayer here on Jan.

A 62-year-old retiree from Suita, Osaka Prefecture, found a couple of surprises on his journey to express gratitude for the ...

A plane with malfunctioning landing gear veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire Sunday at an airport in southern ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it has developed a more accurate method to estimate radiation exposure doses among people who spend time around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off Amami-Oshima island.