Komeito and the Japanese Communist Party, both long-established political parties, are facing dire conditions. In July’s ...

Crowds cheer as ornate 5-meter-tall floats parade through the streets of Aomori City on Saturday, when the five-day Nebuta ...

In Shiga Prefecture, there are many tea-producing areas including Asamiya and Tsuchiyama in Koka, and Mandokoro in Higashiomi ...

About 390 people took part in a calligraphy event in which calligraphers displayed their skills in the traditional Japanese ...

Sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu broke 10 seconds in the men’s 100 meters for the second time in his career on Sunday, a performance ...

Sunday marked one month since strong earthquakes that reached lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale hit Akusekijima ...

Four male workers in their 50s died after falling down a manhole on Saturday morning at a sewer pipe inspection site in Gyoda ...

Temperatures continued to rise across the country on Sunday, with many places recording over 35 C. A high of 39.3 C was ...

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has taken part in a multinational tabletop space defense exercise in Australia aimed at ...

A technology for quality inspection developed by a Hamamatsu-based company is being used for fly control in the island nation ...

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is considering creating a new framework to support elderly people who live alone and ...

A memorial service to remember the Sakhalin huskies that accompanied Japan’s first Antarctic expedition team was held in ...