Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time, Japanese ...

The early summer rainy season likely started in the Kanto-Koshin and Hokuriku regions, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on June 10.

From the lakeside city of Otsu to Kyoto, I walked a roughly 12-kilometer stretch of the Biwako Sosui—a historic manmade ...

Shonai residents enjoy an opulent culinary culture in the region that has taken root in helping them lead healthier ...

The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan ...

Gamblers in Japan illegally bet 6.5 trillion yen ($46 billion) on sports through overseas websites in 2024, a sign the nation ...

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--City authorities gave the go-ahead for trial balloon rides at ancient burial grounds here from early ...

Viviane Dunn composed this haiku on the path leading to Mangiennes, Bois de Merle, and Damvillers-By-Verdun, France. Her poem ...

CHIBA—A prefectural commission plans to restrict crabbing for “gazami” crabs along the coast of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, ...

Frustrated and angry, the remaining residents at an apartment building in Tokyo said they are determined to  continue ...

Four Self-Defense Force members were slightly injured in an explosion on June 9 while handling unexploded bombs at a storage ...

SEOUL--A Seoul court said on Monday it will indefinitely postpone a trial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating ...