Men and women dressed as ancients walk down the street in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday, as part of the 40th ...

The first of this year’s traditional Tori-no-Ichi festivals, held each November for good luck and business success, began ...

Actress Ryoko Hirosue was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of rear-ending a trailer while driving on an ...

Local pressure is mounting as the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa have formally demanded that Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi ...

AZUMINO, Japan (AP) — In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys.

Sales during China’s largest online shopping festival, Singles’ Day, jumped almost 18% from a year earlier but the pace of ...

An exhibition introducing the achievements and character of Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, and reexamining the ...

The autumn leaves are lit up near Kajika Bridge in Ikaho Onsen hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, attracting ...

The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald ...

Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel despite criticism over its war in Gaza because Israel has shown support for ...

All five members of K-pop girl group NewJeans plan to resume working with their record label ADOR, South Korea’s Yonhap News ...

The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more ...