An annual test to verify that Japanese coins have been made to required weight standards has been conducted at the Japan Mint ...

The Imperial Palace’s Inui-dori street was opened to the public from Saturday. The annual event gives visitors the chance to ...

All Nippon Airways said Saturday morning that it had canceled 95 domestic flights to update software on 34 of its Airbus A320 aircraft.

The process to restart the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, is ...

Yamaguchi University Hospital in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, recently held a special event to show gratitude to the local ...

An experience-oriented event featuring popular Japanese anime such as “One Piece” and “Mobile Suit Gundam” kicked off in ...

The National Police Agency will distribute 44 rifles and bullets suited for the culling of bears across the police forces of ...

A record 76% of people in Japan see it important to promote relations with South Korea, preliminary results from a survey by ...

At the time the Constitution was established, same-sex marriage was not envisaged at all as a form of marriage. Based on this fact, the latest court ruling is an appropriate one that naturally ...

Japan’s Nozomi Maruyama continued her sizzling start to the Olympic season in ski jumping, leaping to her third victory in ...

Police arrested two Chinese nationals on Friday over a series of cases in which accounts at online securities firms were ...

A government panel on Friday chose kagura traditional performing art and onsen hot spring culture as candidates for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage designation.