Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that increasing corn imports from the U.S. would be among options ...

To improve post-disaster assessment, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing a system that uses satellite ...

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.'s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

Shopkeepers wait for customers at the main bazaar, a day after the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistan was announced, in ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who ...

OSAKA—A simple change in scenery has led to a dramatic decrease in prostitutes soliciting customers in a narrow alley running ...

OSAKA—The boy character on packaging of the long-selling Bisco biscuit has been redesigned for the first time in 20 years to increase overseas sales. Bisco Boya (Bisco boy) is now shown with ...

Japan and Palau will undertake one of the largest recoveries of remains of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II.

German author Erich Kastner (1899-1974), whose works included children’s literature, secretly kept a diary while resisting ...

NARUTO, Tokushima Prefecture–The famed whirlpools of the Naruto Strait are swirling at their seasonal peak, the natural ...

NAGOYA--A colossal tapestry from France depicting a scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece “Spirited Away” is on ...

The five-member male idol group Arashi announced on May 6 that it will end activities with a concert tour to be held next ...