The Japan Innovation Party has begun considerations on revising its party rules and is highly likely to establish a ...

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

Websites that allow users create sexually explicit deepfake images using generative AI received more than 18 million visits ...

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

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

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