Police in Showa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, have arrested a 49-year-old Brazilian man on suspicion of killing a woman in her 20s in her apartment in a housing complex. According to police, Tokio ...

Grace Warrior‘s family always includes her in their adventures, so we weren’t surprised to see them take her along for their latest ride — literally. The Irwin family recently took a boat ...

There has rarely been a child whose life has been so publicly examined as Natalia Grace's. The Ukrainian adoptee with a rare form of dwarfism generated international headlines over the past decade ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, aiming to ensure readiness and greater ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

In her show “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks” Natalia accused Kristine of physical abuse. “[Natalia] was not abused by anyone in my family. Nobody ever took a belt to ...

That may explain a surge in new mostly young farmers to the mountainous region in central Japan. Many of the newcomers are choosing to grow grapes, peaches and plums as Yamanashi is renowned for ...

They looked at 109 large rivers in Japan and found that they could generate an average of six megawatts per power plant. This is comparable to the current outputs of solar and wind power. They also ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching ... 12 cm in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, and 10 cm in the city ...