Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea at the age of 13, held a press conference in Kawasaki on Tuesday ahead of turning 90 years old on Feb. 4. “I want the government ...
Tourists are flocking to a special lodge made completely of ice at a resort in Shimukappu, Hokkaido. The dome-shaped lodge, ...
As February’s House of Representatives election approaches, one way in which Japan’s political parties have shown their distinct natures is in how they have each arranged the candidates in their party ...
About 14,400 years ago, a weeks-old wolf puppy ate its last meal — meat from a woolly rhinoceros — shortly before dying on the harsh Ice Age landscape of northeastern Siberia.
The Air Self-Defense Force provided refueling support to the Black Eagles, the aerobatic team of the South Korean Air Force, at Naha Air Base in Naha on Wednesday.
A series of robbery-assault incidents have occurred in Manila, targeting Japanese nationals, the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines said on Monday. The embassy urged caution, stating, “Do not resist ...
Some local governments are informing voters that want to cast their ballots for the House of Representatives election early that they can go to polling stations “empty-handed” as they may not receive ...
Yoshinobu Tsutsui, on Tuesday urged Japan’s political parties, which have made cutting the consumption tax a key part of the agenda in the ongoing lower house election campaign, to clarify alternative ...
A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for corruption Wednesday ahead of the verdict for disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law ...
The twin giant pandas from Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, early Wednesday, according to a China Central Television report.
A ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of Minamata disease, a form of mercury poisoning caused by polluted industrial wastewater, will be held on May 1 in Minamata, ...
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to invest as much as an additional $30 billion in OpenAI, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as the Japanese conglomerate doubles down on its bet on ...