Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated to Kagoshima City and other locations ...

A procession of yamahoko floats was held at the Gion Festival in Kyoto on Thursday, a traditional event that has continued ...

The first sumo tournament featuring two yokozuna in five years lost one of its featured wrestlers after just five days.

The Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) suspects the second son of Chizuo Matsumoto, the executed founder of the Aum ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, the 11th-century artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in the U.K. for the ...

The pounding of taiko drums reverberated throughout a hall in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in mid-June as renowned taiko drum ...

Concerns are growing among Japanese firms operating in China, after a Chinese court on Wednesday found an employee of major ...

Toilet maker TOTO Ltd. will begin selling on Aug. 1 a toilet equipped with a sensor that measures the color, hardness and ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Thursday, pulled down by a selloff in chip-related shares after Dutch chip-making ...

Thailand’s pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on July 10, leaving behind the animal infancy which boosted her to ...

The Aichi prefectural board of education fired a male teacher at a junior high school on Wednesday on disciplinary grounds ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito have lost momentum in nearly half of the constituencies ...