SAPPORO--Shinichiro Ando, the victim of a vicious bear attack a few years ago, says insufficient support measures have ...

MITO--Yasuko Yasuhara, once a top party hostess in this Ibaraki prefectural capital, made an inevitable career shift as she ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the number of officially recognized survivors has fallen ...

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

Masanori Kin ran for a seat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on a policy of eliminating discrimination and promoting ...

Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...

A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...

A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of beach-goers in an emergency.

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

TSU--For the time being, the Bank of Japan will hold off on interest rate hikes while it closely monitors developments in the ...