Balancing the need to attract visitors while preserving traditional rituals is an ongoing challenge for Japanese communities ...

In Japan, power and sexual harassment are well-known issues that persist despite sparking strong social movements against ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a recycling technology for the effective use of mixed post-consumer plastic waste, a ...

Walking along Omotesando Avenue in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the cold night rain, I came across an eye-catching sight: an array ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is expected to visit South Korea as early as Jan. 13 for talks with his counterpart, ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame his first major hurdle in parliament as head of a minority government but his ...

The Panasonic Impulse came from behind to beat the Fujitsu Frontiers 34-27 in Japan's Rice Bowl American football ...

Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, has struggled to bolster its presence despite its ...

A group of governors is aiming to have Japan's hot spring culture added to UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2028, ...

Aoyama Gakuin University retained its Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay title on Friday, breaking its own competition ...

The return rush of people who spent the year-end and New Year holidays in their hometowns and other travel destinations has begun, and shinka ...

Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her ...