KUMAMOTO — Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascot Kumamon celebrated the 15th anniversary of his 2010 debut in March. Kumamon is one of Japan’s most beloved characters for regional promotion. The prefecture is ...

Ten years after the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line opened its Nagano-Kanazawa extension, sightseeing spots along the line are ...

Tohoku was one of 13 universities selected by the Japanese government to contribute to providing higher education at an international level, and the university introduced a series of degree programmes ...

Rice prices and inflation are putting pressure on Ishiba’s minority government.

TOKYO - The government’s latest forecast on the damage from a possible Nankai Trough megaquake indicates that faster ...

Tokyo’s city government is offering employees a four-day workweek aimed at boosting population growth and improving work-life ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

TOKYO – Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department set up Tuesday a section specializing in investigating lone offender terrorism ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear deterrence should not be the "final form of security," a Japanese forum said Monday in its ...

Japan's parliament passed the budget for fiscal 2025 on Monday, the day before the new financial year starts, after Prime ...

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have an arrested a child consultation center employee in Ichikawa City over the illicit touching of a middle school girl’s body, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Mar.

A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...