A bill that would require public bathhouses to distinguish between men and women based on their physical characteristics has ...

Hitomi Soga, who was abducted by North Korea in 1978, appealed for the immediate return of abductees, including her mother, ...

PayPay Corp. has launched a service that allows users to make cashless offerings through its app at shrines and temples. The ...

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a winning return to the court after an almost three month absence Monday in ...

A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 ...

The Nikkei average closed at 39,894.54 on Monday, down 386.62 from Friday’s close and logging its highest level for any final ...

An evening event where visitors can have fun with light and shadows is being held at Kochi Park and Kochi Castle until Jan.

The “Kinkei” (golden pheasant) hall in Meiji Kinenkan’s main building provides visitors with a sense of serenity from the ...

A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather ...

The massive earthquake in the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day topped this year’s list of the top 10 Japanese news events.

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa — Coffee beans on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, are ripe, red and ready for harvest.

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease expert who helped deal with the COVID-19 outbreak as an official at the World ...