LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division of the prestigious Dagger Awards.

LONDON (Kyodo) -- A Japanese novelist on Thursday became her country's first to win a major British award for crime and mystery writing, highlighting ...

London, July 3 (Jiji Press)--The English version of "The Night of Baba Yaga," a novel by Japanese author Akira Otani, has won a prestigious British crime novel award, Britain's Crime Writers ...

Hawaii-Hilo women’s golf juniors Elle Otani and Kiersten Saludares landed on the 2024-25 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team after posting cumulative grade point ...

Tokyo, July 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said that the government will release its stockpiled rice for use in processed foods and beverages such as miso, rice ...

The government will release its stockpiled rice for use in processed foods and beverages such as miso, rice crackers, sake and shōchū distilled spirits.

TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan does not accept American rice imports, saying, "Rice imports ...

Shinjiro Mita, chief executive officer of eMotto, and others conducted an experiment in which 17 people, including beginners, played a part of “Jingle Bells” on the ParoTone and on the piano.

The Crime Writers' Association awarded its 2025 Dagger prize for crime fiction in translation to Otani Akira's "The Night of Baba Yaga" in London on Thursday. The novel was translated by Sam Bett.

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump complained that the key Asian ...

A gap between the rice crop situation index and farmers’ testimonies about actual yields occurred because the agriculture ministry was using outdated sampling numbers.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a public- ...