BEIJING--Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine people dead and one missing, ...

The number of children under 15 years old in Japan is 13.66 million, 350,000 fewer than in 2024 and the lowest on record, the ...

Nadaman Co., an operator of high-end traditional Japanese restaurants, reopened its flagship location, Sazanka-so, on March ...

A gin distillery on the remote island of Fukuejima is doing its part to help the city of Goto achieve net zero CO2 emissions ...

Museum collections professor Ayumi Terada admitted being overwhelmed by the lack of diversity in an exhibition she organized ...

The skulls of three Ainu individuals were returned from Britain to Hokkaido, the third repatriation of the indigenous ...

A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces ...

Lawyers groups are pressing Japan to join other countries in demanding the United States rescind its sanctions imposed on the ...

A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

Fewer Japanese believe their society is rooted in democracy compared with 10 years ago, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun shows.

The Osaka Kansai Expo is off to a sluggish start in its first week after daily visitor numbers fell short of initial targets.

AKITA—An elderly man died on May 2 after being found collapsed on the ground near a broken blade from a wind turbine here, ...