At the urging of the city assembly and other local entities to proceed with caution, the mayor has since revised his initial ...

Aurelijus Zykas’ curiosity in distant languages led him to buy a Japanese dictionary. What eventually followed was a brush ...

Growing numbers of invasive raccoon dogs are preying on baby sea turtles on the beaches of Yakushima island, one of the world ...

The Japanese government is planning a wave of fee and tax hikes targeting foreign nationals that will affect the airport ...

A microscopic model of Japan’s famed World War II battleship Yamato has gone on display at the Yamato Museum Satellite here.

Tokyo police have made the first arrest in Japan over the use of generative artificial intelligence to create and sell ...

A landmark development has paved the way for Sanae Takaichi to become Japan’s 104th prime minister and first woman to hold ...

KYOTO—City officials are attempting to combat a return of graffiti marring Arashiyama’s bamboo forest, one of Kyoto’s most ...

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has called for a top-level meeting with two other opposition ...

Singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s 2022 “Kick Back” earned platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of ...

Alfasado Inc., a subsidiary of The Asahi Shimbun Co., has opened a website to make the newspaper’s coverage more accessible ...

Japan staged a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat five-times world champions Brazil 3-2 in a friendly at a sold-out ...