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

Three years after an accident on the cold sea took the lives of many people, a trial has begun to seek to hold the defendant criminally liable. The defendant must sincerely answer the questions of the ...

International students at Aomori Chuo Gakuin University recently tried apple picking at a tourist orchard in Aomori City.

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

Akita and Iwate prefectural police marked the launch of their teams to combat bear attacks using rifles and other methods at their respective ceremonies on Thursday.

If armed conflict erupts around Japan and elsewhere, should the Self-Defense Forces be deployed? If the government reveals its criteria for such decisions and its procedures, laying its cards on the ...

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

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched higher on Thursday, as the U.S. Congress voted to end the historic federal shutdown, while the broader Topix index rose to a fresh peak on value-buying.

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

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

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 ...