The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on June 27 that the rainy season likely ended more than two weeks earlier than ...

Yuri, the cherished pet dog of the imperial family, passed away on June 23 from old age, the family’s aides announced. She ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

SEOUL--North Korea’s planned dispatch of thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia’s Kursk region ...

Hibakusha and local officials are outraged that U.S. President Donald Trump likened the recent U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear ...

A man who sexually assaulted and murdered eight suicidal females after falsely promising to die with them was executed on ...

A leading sake brewer has produced the traditional Japanese beverage using only foreign-harvested rice in time for the Osaka ...

YANGON--Nearly $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar’s major cities on Thursday to mark ...

Along with making emergency stops and resumption of service when safety is assured, the system also automatically administers ...

SAPPORO–A highly toxic plant suspected to be giant hogweed, which can cause severe damage to the skin, has been discovered ...

The transport ministry’s Kanto District Transport Bureau in Yokohama issued a notice revoking Japan Post Co.'s general ...