AKITA--Korean-American Jim Chae never forgot the cherished memories from the time his family visited an onsen resort in Akita ...

The Yakumo express service introduced by West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) in April won the top prize at the 23rd Japan ...

Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko are set to embark on an official visit to Turkey commemorating the 100th ...

Japan’s space agency halted an engine combustion test of its flagship Epsilon S rocket here Nov. 26 after an apparent ...

SEOUL--A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 ...

Kyodo News corrected an article that had erroneously said Akiko Ikuina, a parliamentary vice foreign minister, visited ...

The Fair Trade Commission opened an investigation into Amazon Japan on Nov. 26 on suspicion the e-commerce giant violated ...

The Ghibli Museum, Mitaka is inviting visitors to explore the magical lands of Hayao Miyazaki’s stunning animated film “The ...

A species of coral previously not found this far north in Japanese waters has been found to be thriving, a possible sign of global warming, according to an expert.

Kozo Iizuka, a former senior bureaucrat at the industry ministry who killed a mother and her daughter in a horrific traffic accident in Tokyo in 2019, died in prison.

「発信することが私の仕事のひとつ」という長濱ねるさんの言葉、深く共感しながら読みました。過激な主張や大きな声で発した人が正しいと安易に捉えられてしまうような中で、「私はこう思う」と表明することは小さいアクションのように見えますが、とても大切 ...

兵庫県加古川市で2007年、小学2年の女児（当時7）を刺殺したとして、勝田州彦容疑者が殺人容疑で逮捕されてことを受けて、女児の遺族が27日、代理人を通じてコメントを発表した。全文は以下の通り。 2007年10月16日に娘が殺害され、それからの17年間 ...